IceCReaMloVeRx: Hello fellow readers! I have decided to give Young Justice a try. Instead of creating an OC with powers and whatnot, I thought, wouldn't it be interesting if you had a regular and ordinary getting involved with Young Justice? I mean, you have Malcolm "Mal" Duncan working with Young Justice as mission control so hey, why not throw in another average Joe in? Give this story a try and tell me what you think through review! Please enjoy the story!:)
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice. Young Justice belongs to its rightful owners. I only own the OC.
-Story Start-
A yawn escaped from her mouth as she stared out the window in school. Another day, another hour in class, listening to her crabby teacher lecture on the novel that she had already read. In her eyes, life was getting dull and boring. Nothing was exciting in her eyes anymore. Everyday was the same routine. Get up, eat breakfast, go to school, come home, do homework, eat, shower, sleep, then repeat the process. It was like she was a robot, doing the same thing over and over again. What would she give in order to make he life less...lifeless?
"Miss Takamine!" The teacher snapped. The girl's head snapped towards the teacher, earning a glare from the crabby woman. "Care to share with the class of what you find so interesting outside the window?"
"No, nothing Ms. Crabgrass," the girl shook her head. The teacher narrowed her eyes before turning her back to return teaching the lesson. Yes, her English teacher's name is Crabgrass.
"That was a close call Luka," her classmate, Hannah, whispered over to her. Luka let out a quiet breath and glanced down at her notebook. She was supposed to take notes, but she had already read the novel so she knew the theme, the characters, the plot, every little bit of the story. Inwardly sighing, she began to doodle in her notebook. She sucked at drawing, so she just mindlessly wrote and dress little bits in her notebook. She began to think back into her childhood.
Luka remembered how when she was little, she would eagerly sit in front of the TV and watch Batman: The Animated Series. It was her favorite action cartoon. And girls, don't lie. You all had a crush on Batman and/or Robin when you were little. It was either them, or it was the Power Rangers. Cartoons these days had just gone bad, there weren't any cartoons that were as good as the ones back when she was a little girl. These days, cartoons were all about dating or they were just bad influences on others. Luka snorted at the show, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake. It was a cartoon for kids, but what kind of show would let characters kick others in the balls? Sooner or later, you would see probably 8-year old children kicking people in the balls.
The recent cartoons that Luka thought were pretty good would have to be Teen Titans, and girls, don't deny it, Robin was cute...or hot, take your pick. The most recent cartoon that had caught her interest was Young Justice. It had a combination of her favorites. The Justice League, Batman, and Teen Titans. A little bit of everything so this show definitely caught her interest. So here she was, doodling in her notebook, writing names of the characters of Young Justice on the paper. She wasn't a crazy fan girl, no. She just took interest.
The bell had finally rung and Ms. Crabgrass was nagging everyone to do their homework. Luka grabbed her bag and headed out of the classroom and went straight to her locker. She opened it and stared at her textbooks. She already did her English homework, which was to read chapters 6 to 8 of the novel. She grimaced at her Pre-Calculus textbook. Math, oh how she hated it so. She cringed at her Chemistry textbook as well. A little bit more math and formulas to remember, yippee. Japanese homework was pretty easy, she could finish that in 15 minutes. With a sigh, she took her textbooks and closed her locker. Now it was time to head home.
As she finally made it back home, she headed towards her room and dropped the books on her bed. Same process, let's go. After an hour of doing her homework, Luka couldn't take it anymore. It was Friday—cue the Rebecca Black song that Luka hates so much—and if she was going to do her homework, she might as well do it with her friend. A sleepover/study group didn't sound like a bad idea so Luka slapped around on her bed to look for her iPhone. Once she found it, she dialed her friend's number.
"Yo! Amber speaking, how may I be of your service?" her friend answered and Luka rolled her eyes.
"Amber it's Luka, mind if I stayed over for the weekend? Might as well study and hang out together," Luka suggested. Amber laughed on the other end.
"Sure thing Luka! Come on over and pack your stuff!" Amber said and with an exchange of good byes, the girls hung up.
Luka tossed her phone on the bed and grabbed her suitcase. It was only for 3 days so a small suitcase would be enough. She packed her pajamas, a pair of jeans, two pairs of shorts, three T-shirts, three undershirts, socks and the rest were her underwear. She grabbed her hair brush, toothbrush, a few hair ties and bobby pins and placed them in a small ziplock bag. She tossed that in her suitcase as well her small bag of make up. Once she zipped her suitcase up, she grabbed her schoolbag and shoved her textbooks inside. Once everything was checked over, she tucked her phone into her back pocket, grabbed her keys and bags and walked out of the house, locking the door.
People stared to see the young girl walk down the street with a bag on her shoulder and dragging her suitcase. Was she running away from home? Luka rolled her eyes at the people's gazes. She turned down a corner, reaching to her friend's street. She spotted the house and walked over. Luka knocked on the door and waited for Amber to answer. No one opened the door. Amber was probably showering as Luka heard the shower running. It was a good thing Amber was a good friend of hers. Luka looked from side to side before reaching over to one of the flower pots. She lifted the middle pot and found the spare key. Laughing shortly, Luka took the key and inserted it to the door. Twisting the knob, the door opened and Luka walked in only to fall into a dark mass. She screamed as she fell to what she would assume as her death.
…...
Gotham City
September 24 8:30 p.m.
"Well that takes care of everything!" Kid Flash grinned as he dusted his hands. After Captain Marvel left, the team went out to Gotham to have some down time, only to end up stopping a robbery. Robin walked over and grinned as the GCPD (Gotham City Police Department) took care of the captured robbers.
"Now we can go home," Miss Martian smiled, giving a shy glance over to Superboy. Aqualad nodded and just as they were about to head home, Kid Flash noticed something from the sky.
"Is that...is that...a person!?" He gawked and pointed up at the sky. Indeed there was a person falling from the sky. "Who would do late night sky diving at this kind of hour? Or is this person just suicidal?"
"Ask the person that later! Top priority, save him!" Aqualad ordered. "Or her!" He corrected himself.
Kid Flash noticed two things falling as well what he assumed to be luggage. He ran towards one end of the street to catch a bag, his arms gave out a bit. He peeked inside and raised an eyebrow. Textbooks? Superboy ran towards the other end and reached out to catch the suitcase. He grunted and set it down, raising an eyebrow at the suitcase. Was someone traveling? Aqualad, Miss Martian, and Robin grouped together, unsure how to catch the person. Miss Martian decided to try calming the person down.
"Excuse me! Please calm down!" Miss Martian spoke telepathically. She winced when she only heard more screaming. The person was only freaked out more to hear a voice in their head.
"We need to catch her now!" Aqualad ordered. He was unsure to to catch falling damsels in distress.
"I got it!" Robin shouted, taking out a grappling hook. It was common that he and Batman would save people from falling off of high places. The boy wonder glanced at Aqualad and smirked. "Throw me up!"
Leaving no time to question him, Aqualad grabbed Robin and spun around, then threw him up into the air. The boy wonder fired his grappling hook as it latched onto a building wall. He then swung over and caught the woman, landing on the street with his feet skidding. The boy gently set the woman down so she was on her feet, then he realized that the person wasn't a woman, but a girl. An older girl.
"Oh my gosh, are you alright!?" Miss Martian flew over, worried and concern written all over her face. Superboy walked over with a scowl on his face and in his arm was a suitcase. Kid Flash ran over with the bag in his hand. He raised an eyebrow at the girl.
"Uh...kinda late to do that sky dive you know?" He teased, wriggling his eyebrows at her. The girl wobbled a bit, regaining her balance and narrowed her eyes at him.
"It wasn't intentional," She growled out. Kid Flash held up his hands in surrender, backing away a bit. This girl had a temper that could match up to Superboy's.
"Who are you?" Aqualad walked towards the girl. The team got a good look at her. She was tall, probably around 5 ft 5 ½ inches. She had bleached blond hair that reached to her mid-back and she had crystal blue eyes. She wasn't no model status, but in Kid Flash's eyes, she looked pretty damn attractive to him. Kid Flashed grinned and let out a wolf whistle, earning warning look from the team leader. The girl raised an eyebrow, dusting her Hollister jacket off. She straightened the black headband on her head before looking at them.
"I'm Luka Takamine, mind telling me where am I?" The girl answered and asked a question back. Robin looked at his team members and then back at her. This girl didn't know where she was?
"You're in Gotham City," Robin answered, waving his hand towards the buildings. He raised an eyebrow at the girl. "Are you out of state or country?"
"Wait what? Gotham City...oh what the fu—" Luka's eyes widened and gaped. Gotham City? She was in the Gotham City? The city that Batman and Robin protected? How did she end up here? All she did was open the door to Amber's house and...no, no, no! "What the hell am I doing here?" She cursed under her breath, starting to panic a bit.
"Uh...she going to be okay?" Kid Flash blinked and pointed at the girl. "Looks like she's going to have a seizure or something."
"We'll take her into questioning once she calms down. Right now we need to take her someplace else. She's attracting a bit of attention," Aqualad reasoned and nodded at the team. The team nodded in return and made an advance towards the girl. She noticed this and backed away.
"Get away from me!" She barked, her back pressed against the wall.
"Luka was it? Calm down, we're going to help you," Miss Martian stated calmly, trying to soothe the frantic girl's mind. She decided not to use telepathy since it would freak Luka out the second time.
"Isn't there anything in your utility belt like knock out gas?" Superboy looked over to Robin, annoyed that they had to subdue a frantic person.
"Knock out gas? The hell you're using that stuff—!" Luka narrowed her eyes and snapped, but she was cut off when Robin sprayed something in her face. She suddenly felt sleepy and tired. Her eyelids began to droop and she fell forward. Kid Flash caught her and grinned at the boy wonder.
"Nice!" He flashed a grin towards his best friend. Kid Flash tossed the bag at Robin who caught it, raising an eyebrow at the contents inside. "It's hers, but since I'm carrying Sleeping Beauty right here, you might as well carry her bag." The team rolled his eyes at the speedster. Leave it to him to throw himself onto a pretty girl. After confirming that they had everything, they headed back to the base.
Mount Justice
September 24 9:15 p.m.
Luka slowly opened her eyes, groaning at the ringing in her head. What had just happened. She was going to Amber's house, she opened the door with a spare key, stepped inside, and...fell. How was that possible? She rubbed the side of her face, wondering what had happened next. She was rescued, she knew that. And then she found herself facing Young Justice. Were her eyes playing tricks on her? How did she just fall through some strange hole at her friend's house and land in...this new world that has superheroes? It was just make sense.
"She's awake!" A cheerful voice rang throughout Luka's ears. Groaning softly, she sat up and rubbed her head. Her head was hurting and she could definitely see Miss Martian flying over to her with the rest of the team in follow. She was seriously not dreaming. "Are you feeling much better?"
"I will be once I get confirmation," Luka sighed. She was going to hate this... "Hey you, sock me right here." Luka pointed to Superboy and then to her jaw. The cloned Kryptonian raised an eyebrow at her.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! No need to ask muscle here to prove if you're dreaming," Kid Flash zipped over to her. "If you asked him to punch you, he'd send you flying or shatter your jaw."
"Here," Robin walked over with a cocky smirk. Luka raised an eyebrow to see his hand to her forehead. He flicked her.
"Ow!" Luka yelped, her hands immediately reaching to her forehead to rub the spot where he had flicked her. "You little brat—!"
"See? You're awake and totally not dreaming," Robin smirked, cutting her off. Luka glared at him. She didn't think the Boy Wonder would be this annoying in person. The TV made him look much cooler and suave.
"Do you mind answering a few questions for us now?" Aqualad walked over, glancing down at Luka. She sighed and nodded her head slowly. She might as well answer their questions and find out how to get back home. "Where did you come from?"
"Los Angeles, California," She answered. The team looked at each other and nodded.
"You said your name is Luka Takamine right?" The leader asked again. Luka nodded, but this time, the team looked at her suspiciously.
"That name didn't show up in any records or citizenship in the US," Robin walked over. Luka sighed, rubbing her head. How was she going to explain this to them?
"Are you from a different country? ...Or a different planet?" Miss Martian flew over, raising an eyebrow at her. Great, they think she's an alien now.
"Look, I know this seems crazy, but I'm not from here," Luka began, earning questioning looks. She sighed and continued, "As in, I don't belong in this world—universe—ugh, basically I don't belong here. Where I come from, aliens, heroes, you name it, don't exist."
"What do you mean we don't exist!?" Kid Flash cried out, eyes bulging out of his head. Luka groaned and rubbed her forehead. She was going to have a huge headache by the time she was done explaining this to the heroes.
"Exactly what I mean Kid Flash," Luka sighed and rubbed her head. Kid Flash stopped and looked at her. Before he could ask, she cut him off again. "I know who all of you are. I'm not from the future, I'm not from another planet. I'm from Earth, but not this Earth. Does that make sense?"
The team exchanged looks and raised eyebrows at the girl. Luka sighed and rubbed her head, she made a pitiful whimper. This was going to take all night. Sighing, Luka stood up to stretch her legs. She gave the team a good look before letting out a breath. They probably didn't believe her.
"...She's not lying," Miss Martian looked at her teammates. "She's one hundred percent honest."
"Whoa! So you're really, like, from another universe!?" Kid Flash ran up to her and grinned, totally psyched out. "So what's your world like then?"
"Yes, do explain how your world and ours are different," Aqualad motioned his hand towards her. Luka scratched her cheek and bit the inside of it. How is she really going to explain...
"Um...you're not real," she said simply, earning stares from the others. "I'm serious! In my world, you guys aren't real. This is all a TV show, you're comic book heroes created under the company named DC Comics. You guys don't exist in my world."
"...Whoa," Kid Flash breathed out. He didn't exist in another world...How cool was that!? "Awesome!"
"Kid Flash!" The others chided, the speedster shrunk.
"Sorry, my bad."
"So how old are you?" Miss Martian decided to lighten up the mood. She smiled, glad that there was another girl.
"I'm 17," Luka answered, raising an eyebrow. Kid Flash's jaw dropped.
"An older chick? Today is my lucky day!" He grinned wolfishly, racing over to Luka. Luka sighed and rolled her eyes.
"I don't date short boys, sorry," She said simply. Kid Flash felt his heart break and pouted. Luka laughed at his pout. "Maybe if were a little bit taller than sure, I'll consider a date." This caused the speedster to grin and pump his fist in victory.
"Great, don't get his hopes up," Robin snickered and grinned at his best friend.
"Well I'm only a junior in high school and you're what...a sophomore right?" Luka raised an eyebrow to Kid Flash. He grinned and gave her a thumbs up.
"Dude, she knows what grade I'm in...wait...that's kinda creepy," The red head shivered and looked at her. Luka rolled her eyes.
"You guys are a TV show in my world, do keep that in mind please?" She sighed. "I was supposed to sleep over at my friend's house and study, but I guess that's not happening any time soon..."
"We have your things if that's what you're wondering," Miss Martian smiled, waving her hand towards the suitcase and bag set next to the couch.
"I'll notify the League about your visit," Aqualad nodded and walked off to contact the League. Luka sighed and plopped back on the couch. Yeah, she can feel that headache coming in any time soon.
"Hey, it can't be all that bad. It's not like they'll cut you up and experiment on you," Kid Flash reassured, earning a glare from Superboy and Luka. "Err...never mind."
"In the meantime, you'll have to stay somewhere," Robin mentioned. Everyone looked at him and then back at Luka.
"You can stay here with me and Superboy!" Miss Martian smiled and offered. Luka gave a weak smile and looked around the cave.
"Um...sorry, but I don't think I can live or stay at a cave...I'll go stay at a hotel or something. I should have money to keep me there for 2 nights..." Luka smiled kindly, rejecting Miss Martian's offer.
"Recognized Batman 02"
"And guess who decided to drop in..." Kid Flash watched as the dark knight himself walked over to Luka.
In front of Luka was the main character of the childhood show she would love to watch. But seeing him in person, well, he was very intimidating. Luka flinched slightly as he walked closer to her. She looked up slightly to see Batman looking down at her, a usual scowl on his face. She remained silent, unsure whether to speak or not, but decided to stay quiet or she would get him on his bad side.
"You're the person who is from another world, correct?" Batman finally smoke. Luka shivered at the sound of his deep voice. She meekly nodded her head.
"Where is she going to stay?" Miss Martian piped up, confused where Luka would now be staying if she did not want to stay at Mt. Justice.
"It's okay, I can stay at a hotel, no big," Luka finally spoke up, but quickly shut up to see Batman glowering down at her.
"You'll be staying with me," Batman declared, looking down at her. "You already know who I am under this cowl, stop acting like you're not."
"Sorry, sorry," Luka held up her hands in defeat. Who knew Bruce Wayne could be so crabby? He could almost match up to Ms. Crabgrass's crabbiness.
"You'll have to get used to that," Robin whispered, looking smug. Luka rolled her eyes at the Boy Wonder.
"Right..." She sighed and got off the couch. Robin walked over and picked up the suitcase while Luka grabbed her bag.
"Robin will escort you back here tomorrow, understand?" Batman glanced at the two. Luka shivered a bit, intimidated by his narrowed look.
"Crystal."
"Good, Robin, you know where to go," and with that, Batman turned and walked away, dealing with mission priorities.
"Come on, let's go," Robin smirked, walking towards a zeta tube. Luka raised an eyebrow at it. Was she supposed to go in that? "It won't hurt, I'll even hold our hand if you want." His cocky tone irked Luka. She snorted and rolled her eyes, brushing past him.
"I think it should be the other way around, considering I'm about the right age to be you babysitter," Luka teased back. Robin's smug look now held an annoyed expression.
"Just because I'm thirteen and you're seventeen, doesn't meant that you can mess around with me," Robin grumbled, walking ahead of her while carrying her suitcase.
"Whatever you say, freshman," Luka snorted.
"Lost creep."
"...Midget."
Gotham City
September 24 11:00 p.m.
"Home sweet home...I guess," Robin opened the door to the Wayne manor as Luka walked in. A familiar Englishman butler walked in to greet his master's ward, only to be surprised to see a guest with him.
"Master Richard, welcome home—I see that you have brought a guest with you..." Alfred raised an eyebrow at the girl. She bowed her head in greeting.
"Don't worry Alfred, long story short, she's from another universe where we don't exist as real people but as comic book heroes or cartoons. And, she knows who we really are," Robin, or rather, Dick Grayson, summarized. Luka cringed slightly at the way how Dick worded it.
"I see...and Master Bruce offered her a room?" Alfred raised an eyebrow as Robin—Dick—took off his mask and stretched.
"Yeah, and he did it Batman styled too," Dick joked. Luka groaned and rolled her eyes. The Robin from Batman: The Animated Series and Teen Titans was not as immature as this one. Plus they seemed a bit more...hotter or cuter...
"Miss? May I please have your name? I shall carry your luggage to the guest room," Alfred cut off Luka's thoughts.
"O-Oh...My name's Luka Takamine," Luka introduced herself, giving a brief smile towards the butler. "And it's fine, it might be heavy too—"
"Miss Takamine, do not worry, I have been doing this for years," Alfred gave her a reassuring smile as he walked over and took her suitcase and bag. "Master Richard shall show you to your room in a bit," the butler noted, walking upstairs.
"So...what now?" Luka sighed softly wondering what was going to happen to her now. Amber was probably worried sick and so would her parents. She wouldn't be surprised if her parents called the cops by now. This was not what she meant by wishing something exciting happening to her life.
"Wanna watch TV?" Dick offered, grinning over to the older girl. His blue eyes twinkled with mischief. If Luka could remember, the only time you could see his blue eyes was when he was at school or he was acting as a performer in his old circus in that one particular episode. Other than that, he was either wearing sunglasses or his mask for his Robin uniform.
"Sure, what's there to watch?" Luka walked over to the couch, sitting next to Dick. He shrugged and turned the TV on as the news came on. It was just a news report on how villains were captured and how just awhile ago, Young Justice stopped a robbery. But Luka paid no attention to the news, her mind wandered off, thinking how everyone back in her world would be worried and panicking over her disappearance.
Unaware to Luka, Dick noticed the distant look in her eyes. He didn't know if the girl would burst out in tears or sob uncontrollably. That would put him in an awkward spot because he had no idea how to deal with girls. He was only thirteen, a freshman in Gotham Academy, and dating was certainly something he was not skilled at...yet.
"Are you...Are you okay?" He asked slowly, unsure whether to approach her or not. Luka snapped her head up and glanced at him.
"Sorry, I was just thinking that's all," Luka sighed, slumping down on the couch. She sighed softly, this was happening way too fast.
"Maybe you should sleep it off? I think we can find answers tomorrow, it's pretty late," Dick waved his hand towards the grandfather clock. It was almost midnight. Luka heaved a sigh while Dick yawned. He noticed how tired and confused Luka was. "Come on, I'll take you to your room. Alfred should be done setting it up by now."
Dick led Luka upstairs and into the hallway. He opened the door to one of the guests rooms and walked inside. Her luggage was already inside. The bed was made and there was a pair of slippers besides the bed. Luka blinked and turned to Dick. He smiled and shrugged.
"I guess you can shower tomorrow morning, it's pretty late," Dick smiled sheepishly. Luka sighed and nodded. "Well good night, I'll see ya in the morning okay?" Luka inwardly smiled as she heard that. Maybe this thirteen year old version of Robin wasn't so bad after all. She reached over and ruffled his hair, earning a quick "hey!" with it.
"Sure thing kiddo," Luka smiled and waved at him.
"You're only older than me by four years..." the boy wonder grumbled, fixing his hair as he turned to walk out of the room.
"...Thank you."
"You're welcome" Dick flashed a quick smile at the older girl before closing the door behind him. Luka sighed and looked around the room before opening her suitcase. She took out her pajamas and took off her clothes before putting her Pjs on. She set the clothes inside the suitcase and climbed into bed.
The girl stared up at the ceiling as she pulled the blanket and covers over her. So much has happened today. How did she end up in this nonexistent universe? Was there a reason for why she was here? Was she sent here by someone? Luka didn't know what was going on anymore. Her once average, boring life became something new. As she closed her eyes, she hoped that tomorrow she would get answers. This wasn't Wonderland...This was a whole new world.