A/N so, this is a AU if you dont read titles. So, i will explane the changes!
Young justice is still a team,(Minus Robin) but slade is there biggest enemy. What happens when he gets a sidekick called Red X? And why would Red X rather kill himself then anwser questions? find out! (and i am just making red x not as well trained as robin because when red x did something wrong he didn't just get scolded, so that took a toll on his learning time.)
Reverse bat!fam.
Third person P.O.V.
Red X jumped from roof top to roof top, adrenaline the only thing keeping him from collapsing. Right now, Catwoman was chasing Red X for sneaking up and steeling a necklace from her after a robbery. "Note to self, try not to steal from Catwoman again." Said the robotic voice that was Red X. Catwoman smirked at this, no kid was going to take something from her and get away. Slowly but swiftly Catwoman glided across the roof tops like she was ice skating, avoiding pipes and chimneys like she was just sweeping the floor. "Tt Tt,didn't your parents ever tell you not to cross a black cat? It's bad luck~." Catwoman chirped, she said it to intimidate Red X, yes, but she didn't expect it to make him loose so much focus he landed a jump short.
Red X's Muscles stiffened at the mention of parents, a flash of his ran through his mind. NO! Snap out of it Grayson! Worry about the family you have now! You couldn't have saved them. No one could, Red X told himself. Just as the vigilante was brought back into reality, it was to late. He had missed a jump and was now falling down, down, down, down, just like his parents. Red X didn't have a way to travel places quicker, Slade was scared that he might use it to escape, so he had no way to catch himself. The raven hair squeezed his eyes shut, trying to think about how to save himself and not about what his fate might deal him. To be honest, It was peacefull for him. He had always associated falling with pain, but it was the death part that hurt, not the fall. Feeling the wind whip past you, cheating the law of gravity, it was nice, it would have calmed him if there wasn't ground bellow.
Suddenly He felt so stupid that he could hit himself. He hadn't been made to be a ninja for nothing! Slowly The mask clad teen opened his eyes, only to see the ground bellow getting closer and closer, trying to coax him to jump into it. But, Red X was not one to get coaxed. As wrong as it felt, the teen kept still, awaiting for the ground to be so close that he could touch it. It took all he had not to flail around and scream like his instincts were telling him to do. As soon as the ground was within reach, Red X braced his stomach, rolling into a ball like Slade had told him to lessen the fall, but a fall so high he would still get hurt.
All of a sudden a white hot pain surged through his shoulders and arms as he rolled forwards, crashing into a wall at a alarming speed earning a loud "OOMMPHH" from the the boy opened his eyes, doing a double check on the buildings to make sure he was alive."wooh! Don't want to do that again." The robotic voice sounded. Suddenly fear engulfed Red X, what if i have a injury and i can't get away with the jewelry?! Turning his head to the side slowly he made a check list of his injurys. He had a sprained ankle, bruised hip, and a broken shoulder and arm. As Red X made his way to look at his arm, he was not prepared for this; His shoulder bone was sticking out of his armored suit with blood pooling around it, and his arm was bent at the elbow, making it go way out. "The-EEWW! OW OW OW OW OW! *HIISSSSS* Well, it's not like i needed that arm anyway! Or my dinner." Fear engulfed the voice so much it almost didn't sound filtered
Catwoman stood at the rooftop, frozen in place. Of course this kid stole from her, but that was exactly it; he was a kid, and she really didn't want him to die. Flahsbacks of her broken childhood flashed in front of her face as she watched the boy fall. He wasn't even reacting to it, she noticed. Hopefully he had a plan. As he was about to hit the ground she took a a deep breath and didn't dare to breath out, as if one single shift in the air would determine his fate. But, Catwoman breathed out so much she was sure her lugs died once the boy rolled at the ground and landed up against the wall. Slowly she peared over the edge to see if he survived the impact, and surely enough, he did. She tried to identify his wounds, and winced for him as he made a hiss in pain and freaked out over his mutalated arm.
Now knowing that the child was okay, she disregarded the fact that he had stolen from her and turned around swiftly to walk off, only for her face to meet with a black spandex clad chest. Batman. Pursing her lips, Catwoman took a step back so she could see the caped crusaders face, earning two loud clacks from her heels that seemed to make the bat shiver. Glaring at the well toned man, she waited for him to speak; Seeing as he did not for a while, and Catwoman needed to get home, she broke the ice."What is it Batsy? I really don't have time to talk right now. You come to arrest me or take me to bed? " Catwoman thought over her words and spoke them, hoping to make her point clear that she wasn't playing right now.
Batman simply let out a annoyed growl and stood his ground. "I'm not here for you, strange enough. The police reported that you stole something, so i chased you. I saw you chasing someone, and by the way you're acting, they stole your 'prize'. I have reason to believe that the person that stole from you is someone the Justice league has been chasing for a while. So, i won't arrest you if you tell me where he went and what he looked like." Catwoman's eyes widened in surprise at this comment, she hardly believed the Justice league was spending there time chasing a child who wore a skull mask, but yet again, they did have the Jr. Justice league. Seeing as it would get her home sooner, and not wanting to get arrested(Bat's keep there threats) She told the Bat about the strange child."Ya, Kid in a black and red suit with a skull mask and a voice modifier came after me and stole my jewl. He got it, i chased him. I made a comment that set him off, so he missed his fall and fell down the building, he rolled at the last second. He's there right now, pretty torn up to. Can i go now?"
All of a sudden the Batman's demeanor changed. His footing was more of a battle stance now and his voice got darker.
Batman silently rejoiced at Catwoman's description of the boy who stole from her. It was Red X. Seeming like a robot now Batman reached up to his COMM. link. "Batman to Justice league.*Fizzle* I understand, yes, but i have Red X in my grasp.*Fizzle* Yes, he is injured.*Fizzle* Yes superman, you were correct, it was him that stole from Catwoman.*Fizzle* I am not paying you.*Fizzle*BECUASE WE DIDN'T MAKE A BET IN THE FIRST PLACE! *Fizzzlleee*Batman out." Hanging up the COMM. link Batman raised a eyebrow at the snickering Catwoman in front of him. Catwoman found it way to amusing at Batman's outburst of annoyence from Superman.
Catwoman crossed her arm's and strode off next to Batman, but was stopped by a strong grip on her arm. Seemingly even more annoyed now, Catwoman didn't even bother to be her polite conniving self."What noooowwwwww! I told you what you wanted Batsy!"
"Catwoman, calm yourself. Red X may have not seemed like it but he is quite dangerous and we need everything we can get on him. You said that you made a comment that triggered him, i need to know exactly what you said, word for word. Then you may go."
Catwoman complied to the Bat's demand, silently cursing him for being so indulging." Fine, your glad i have a good memory Batsy. I said ' Tt Tt, didn't your parents tell you not to cross a black cat? It's bad luck~.' And, to save you sometime, i made about twenty other black cat comment so it wasn't that that triggered him. Poor kid must have some Mommy/Daddy issues."
Batman, quite happy with this knew knowledge of Red X, released his grip on Catwoman. Catwoman simply jumped on a fire escape and vanished, not even a tad bit of banter to accompany her departure. Batman was somewhat sad about that, but he had other things to do. Like actually see if Red X was still were Catwoman said he was.
The League was on there way, but Batman still needed to make sure that Red X hadn't ran off. He was quite crafty.
Batman jumped from his spot on the roof to the edge of the building, sparing no time to catch the villain. As he reached the edge of the roof, he enabled the traction in his boots, just in case. Batman peered over the building down below, and smirked at the sight beholding him. There, on the ground, Was Red X. He seemed quite injured and was muttering some blabber about something Batman had no time to hear. Seeing no better time than now, Batman grabbed his cape's cloth material and gather it all in front of him, cloaking his body, and as he learned from the league, making him look far more intimidating that he already was.
Batman jumped off of the building and turned around in mid air; Landing in a crouch then quickly standing up right in front of Red X. Red X was so startled at the Batman's appearance he tried to get in a fighting stance, irritating his broken bones and making him yelp in pain. "I really need to stop forgetting when i have wounds...Oh, um, hey Batman. I really Don't have time to play right now, so bye!" Red X quickly reached down with his good arm to his utility belt to grab a smoke bomb to vanish with, only for his arm to be grabbed and held up above him. Batman stared daggers at the skull mask, but it only seemed that Red X would just return it. "Listen, your so called 'Bat glare' Dosn't and isn't going to work on me, so if you could just let me go..."
"Not a chance, Red X. The league is going to be here soon to detain your criminal scum."
"*Snicker* Okay, so first of all, where did you get a voice like that? I don't see a voice changer, so, are you a heavy smoker or something? If so, you should know it's not very healthy for you. Don't smoke kids." Red X said, the last part being a smoker impression,making Red X frown."Man, sorry about that Bat's, the voice modifier makes my impressions sound weird."
"You can take off the mask and fix that problem."
" I would rather not thank you very much, as tempting as it sounds. So, if you would just excuse me.." Red X Brought his legs up to his chest, ignoring the pain, about to kick batman straight in the groin. Batman,anticipating this, quickly Grabbed a syringe from his utility belt and stabbed it into Red X's neck, making him gasp in surprise.
Red X's eyes enlarged in fear. He was not getting sadated by Batman.
Slade would kill him for not seeing that coming!
Slade would kill him for falling off the building.
Slade would kill him for getting kidnapped by the Justice league.
Red X thought he might as well have a 'MURDER ME' sign written right across his chest. Suddenly a not so confident voice anymore wrasped out,"Did you just stab a needle in my neck to sedate me? That's-thas-thas chweeting..." Red X's speech was slowly deteriorating due to the Sedating drug. "You were going to go for my groin." Batman responded.
"Swell, yaaa, bwut i'ms not da' adwult sthuper hego herrreee..." Suddenly the Robotic speech was cut off and Red X went limp in Batman's hands. Batman breathed out in relief, they had finally caught him. Batman,seeing as the League wasn't here yet, Reached for the back of Red X's mask and pressed a button that he assumed would be to take the skull mask off, only for him to Get a shock in response and a prerecored message by Slade himself."Hello, please do no try to take my apprentice's mask off. You won't be needing to find out his identity, for if this message gets played that means Red X got captured. Wich means he failed me. He is going to die ether way, have fun with him." Batman snarled in responce, even though he knew Slade was ruthless, this was his Apprentice. Suddenly a wave of sadness hit Batman. Batman had no idea what Slade put this child through, no child would willingly work for a Villain unless they were evil. And Red X wasn't evil by what the League had seen of him, so he ether was brain washed, or was being black mailed. But it didn't matter wich one, Batman was positive they were going to find out soon.
A/N soo, you likey? I'll just say this is a thanksgiving present. Okay, so for those of you who read 'The pain and the power' I'm soorrrryyy! I kind of lost ideas for it, and i didn't want to post another chapter to tell you guys that because i didn't want to get your hopes up. As you can see, my writting has changed quite a bit, so i will still try to write for 'The pain and the power'. I have written about thirty other story's, and none of them i found worthy. But, i surpisingly like this one very much, and i hope you do to! I am very busy with life and family right now, but any free time a get i will write for this story! I post right after i finish it, so i can't exactly give you a time frame. Once a week i belive, would be suitable. I might post another chapter soon just because i really want to write more of this but i found that this was a good ending point.
Sooo, please, READ, AND REVIEW! ;)
P.S. and although i have thought the story through, i have yet to write it yet, so any recomendations of ideas or your opinions would be greatly apriciated at maybe even used as a main part in the story. Thanks!