Justice League Watchtower, 22,500 miles above earth.
January 17th, 2015
Diana was concerned. Mother was warning about Donna, Hera that girl was worse than her when she was a child (odd considering she was a time lost clone of her) She was growing restless and wanted to be like Diana, out in Patriarchs world. But a legitimate question Diana had been asking herself these last few hours, was Donna ready to experience life off the island. Hera knows that she had a hard time adjusting when she 1st came into the world, Wonder Woman how she hated that name. The United States and even the League when they were starting out wee difficult. And Donna was a mere child, in Patriarchs world she would probably be recognized as a teenager, and if anything she remembered about her teenage years, she was a pain, according to mother, far worse than even Artemis and many of the other strongest warriors. So that's what it was down to, What should she do? Save Mother from an eternity of moaning and groaning from Donna or deny her sister, the one thing she truly wanted, to be free.
At that moment, despite her keen senses, Batman snuck up on her again (She sometimes wondered to herself if he got some sort of satisfaction from doing that. Even Kal with all his talents often was snuck up on by him. She really did wonder how he did it with no powers.)
"Hello Diana. How's everything going on Paradise?"
"Not well. I am currently in a dilemma that I doubt even Solomon could manage to help me with."
"What's the problem."
"It's a long story."
"Well the world seems to be safe for the moment, talk."
"Well, long ago when I was crafted from the clay, Athena used a magic mirror, and created a clone of me. She had all of my abilities and talents, and looked exactly like me."
"What happened."
"Well, I can't remember who, but she was taken. She was lost in a void, and she aged far slower than normal Amazonian. Recently, she was washed on Themyscira shores, and appeared to have aged only a few years. Recently, she has bested almost every warrior on the island."
"What about you?"
"Remember last Friday, when Kal wanted a meeting, but I couldn't attend? That's where I was.
That fight was probably one of the poorest she had had with any Amazon. To be fair, she had just fought Slade and Katana, absolute masters of combat in their own rights. Fighting her "Clone" so to speak was not what it lived up to be. Donna swung wildly and angrily, but even on the one punch she landed on her, there was only emotion, no intention. The punch also only tried to hit, not drive. Diana countered, and in only one punch (she would barely even call it a punch, she would say it was more of a hard slap.) Donna was on her ass, and with a broken spirit surrendered. The other fights she saw Donna compete in, she saw her simply smash her opponents the same way. Either Themyscira was no longer the warriors they once were, or there was something with Donna's mentality that wasn't there when she was fighting Diana.
"My sister, Donna wants to be free. She wants to come into Patriarchs world like I have."
"And what's the problem?"
"I don't know if Donna's ready yet."
"I know what you mean."
"Really? Your Robin is a handful?"
"No, but for as much as I have helped him, he wants more, he wants to be around more people his age. Gotham has come to fear him just as much as me, and all he can do is sit and watch when something serious comes up."
"What do you mean?"
"When we were being hunted by Waller and Briggs, I had to make him stop going out. Everybody thought that I was a killer, and because he is so associated with me, had he gone out, I don't know what they might have done to him. Look at what happened to me. I took a bullet, and barely escaped the day with my life."
"Does he know of the pride you take in him? Have you had to ever take him aside and confirm with him what pride you take in him?"
"I don't tell Robin things like good job. The moment he hears me tell him that, is the moment that he stops trying to get better, and when that happens, he might just find himself in a bad situation, and he might not be able to get out of it."
"I have had to remind Donna, of Amazon pride."
"And that is?"
"Even when facing difficult situation, always fight like your life depends on it. Our fight did not go well, and she lacked pride."
The sudden zoom of the Flash broke their conversation. Just like Batman, Flash could sneak up on almost everyone. The difference was, Diana could normally figure out where Flash was, because she was normally paying attention.
"Howdy gang. What's going on here?"
"Just figuring out what to do with our young protégés."
"Speaking of" chimed in Batman "How's the kid?"
"He's a handful, but I'll say this much, he learns quick. Just as fast. Maybe not as smart, and he's not as good looking, but he's a good kid."
"They all are. At their age, doing the same thing we do, they are brave. Most kid's Robin's age are in school, learning and worrying about girls, getting braces. Robin could have his teeth all knocked out by a girl." Said Batman. He had his hands near his mouth, and Diana took that as he was thinking about something. A moment late he said"Flash and Diana, I think I have a plan. Where's Superman?"
"Why?" Asked Flash
"I've seen what he's been going through lately. His cousin is adjusting to life out on earth, and it might be a good idea for her to get acquainted with some people who are more her age."
"He's in the fortress with her right now."
Fortress of Solitude, Antarctica.
Kal-El was beyond happy to see his cousin was smiling. For the last week, Kara had been miserable, sitting in the fortress sobbing. Kal tried everything he could, he tried to get Kara to smile, to lighten up. Kara was in pretty good shape, all things considered. Lucky for her she happened to be orbiting the same Solar System that her cousin was, and that the star in that system so happened to be a yellow one, and (According to her pod's data) managed to stay in absolutely perfect stasis for about 300 years until her cousin managed to open her stasis pod and resuscitate her. Oh and what a crisis that was. One bad thing about Kara having three centuries worth stored energy in her was the fact that a Kryptonian Biology with some yellow sunlight makes a super kryptonian. A lot makes an even more super kryptonian. So 300 years of it made her insanely powerful. Not to mention she had no way of controlling those powers didn't help. When he finally calmed her down, Kara was speaking some language he didn't even close to recognize. So Jor-El did the translation. She had her name, and that became the first problem. When Jor told her, Kara's face lit up. The hug he received made a hug from Bizarro seem like a poke. Kara probably almost broke a rib. But all of that was irrelevant. She was happy and so by default so was he.
"Kara, I've got to go up to the watchtower, I have a meeting with the league. Now you sure you'll be ok?"
"Of course Kal." Kara said with a big smile.
"Alright i'll be back." He tapped his watch and his suit started to come around him. He felt the necessity to be out of uniform as much as he could around Kara. He didn't want to bring up bad memories for her. Besides, right now he was working on a special project for her; her own set of armor. It wasn't complex, but it was different. It looked a lot like his, but the legs were shorter, and the sleeves had essentially gloves. He was sure she was going to mess around with it when he gave it to her, but he wanted to surprise her. And he was sure he was going to.
"Kal?" she asked as he was starting to take off "I was wondering… if you could help teach me."
"Teach you what?"
"To control my abilities, and well… learn to fight."
Kal was surprised, because Kara had insisted that Kal quit being Superman. Evidently, she was still apart of the Caste Mentality that was a staple on Krypton and in its societies. Kara wasn't all that happy that he, a member of the science guild, had become apart of the warriors guild. She protested his actions. But her asking to essentially join him?
"Of course Kara. I'll show you how to control your strength. The Fighting Stuff, you're going to need to talk to Diana."
"Ok Kal, thank you." She floated up to him, somewhat clumsily, and gave him a hug. This one was special, it wasn't to soft, not TO hard; it still was to hard to be "normal". But still, she showed that she was trying.
"I'll be back in a little bit." And he started to climb up. He heard Kara go inside and lock the door. After that, he boomed up into low orbit. The Watchtower was over India right now, and he entered through the airlock, designed for the members that could survive that vacuum of space; Him, Diana, Hawkman, Hal, John and J'onn. As he walked in, he could see and hear: Flash and Diana were talking in the kitchen, Green Arrow was talking with Hawkman on the monitors. J'onn was on the balcony, focused on… something. Bruce came in and came up to him
"Clark."
"Bruce."
"I have a proposal. It's fairly important."
"What is it?"
"Come on." And he turned to the board room. Diana, Flash and Arrow followed, with J'onn phasing in from the balcony.
Everybody except for Bruce took a seat, and the meeting was underway.
"Every member of the League in this room has one thing in common except for J'onn. We all have a protégé or a student that we mentor and monitor very carefully. I am suggesting that we let them grow and become their own people."
"Oh yeah? And just how do we go about that?" Butted in Arrow. Bruce gave him the famous scowl, but Arrow was one of those jokester guys, the ones who never let serious or scary things bother them. Bruce continued.
"I think that we need to organize them into a team. One that we help grow and maintain. We teach them how to work as a team. They can then be used in their own op's in addition to our's with missions like black op's and intelligence gathering."
"This comes down to a vote, and as you 5 are the only ones with any stake here, I am here to preside and record over them." J'onn also lived on the watchtower, which suited Kal just fine; J'onn was a great person, and he could trust him. The Trinity War, As they had come to call it, proved that time and time again. Several times when J'onn could have easily disabled him in a ridiculously brutal fashion, he didn't and let the battle continue, only claiming Victory when he gave up, as to avoid causing more damage. Not that that was a good thing, especially when he hit like a truck.
"Well I vote yay, Donna needs to get off of the island and learn about the world." Said Diana
"I also vote yes, I have Gotham under control. Robin needs to get out and gain world experience." Said Bruce
"I vote No. Artemis isn't ready yet. Give it some time and ill say yes at some point." Said Arrow
"Yeah guys I vote no. Wally isn't… what's the word i'm looking for… Mature enough? He won't be ready for a while either." Said Flash
"Kal-El? Your vote?" Asked J'onn
He sat their for a while, in serious thought. HE wanted to say no, because He didn't think that she was ready. But he wanted to know for sure if Kara wanted to do this.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to ask her myself."
(Bruce's perspective)
Kal walked out and he saw him flying back down moments later.
Bruce looked around. Arrow and Flash were thinking, he could just tell. He needed to ask.
"Arrow, Flash i'm curious. Do you know what Artemis' and Wally's opinions are on this?"
"No… I didn't ask her." Said Arrow
"I haven't asked Wally, but I know he isn't ready. He's 16 and just started developing his powers. He's started fighting crime only a few months ago. He only fights small time criminals. If he runs into any criminal I've told him about, he doesn't fight them."
"I have the same rule with Robin. I've told him never engage criminals that kill. Do you know if he's followed your instructions?"
"Yeah, I saw him fighting Mirror Master, and that's why I don't think he's ready."
"Does he kill?"
"What?"
"Does he kill people?"
"No, what are you getting at?"
"Robin has fought Two-Face. Who kills children at random chance on the flip of a coin. He;s gone against Deathstroke, Freeze and Harley. They all kill. Robin has fought them without my consent, and in 2 of those cases has won, the other one, he fought to a draw."
"SO?"
"How did Wally perform?"
"He kicked his ass."
"There you go. Wally won a fight that he knew he'd win. Kids are smart, and kids with powers are even smarter."
"I still say no Bruce."
"I say no, but if this vote passes, I'll let Artemis join."
"Well thank you Arrow. And you Flash?"
"Hmmm… I'll think about it. It all depends on What Kal says."
"Speaking of Kal-El, he returns with his cousin."
-AN-
I've been super busy... But I did it! Next chapter in the Universe is going ahead. And It's time to open it up more.
Kara has her origin from New 52. Wally is Pre New 52, his outfit is like it is in Young Justice. Cyborg looks like he did in the Amazing Teen TItans TV Show. Artemis looks like she would in Young Justice and Donna will look like Wonder Woman with full leg pants, kind of like how Diana looks in whatever the name is of this new reboot DC is in now... Wish they would just stick with one for a little while.
Do you guys like this version of a team? I hope so. I wanted to put some really heavy hitters on it. I know Supergirl doesn't really join teams, but I was thinking it would be cool if she did.
SO; tell me what you think, Comments, criticisms, ideas, suggestions or whatever else you please. Positive or negative, I would love to hear from you guys.
