Chapter 1: New Blood
Hey Young Justice fans I'm back and alive. Currently I'm redoing Lazarous Effect cause there are something's that need fixing I'll tie this story into the lazarous effect also, so you should get new and improved, more quality chapters. Also don't worry there will be more chalant romance! this is a guarantee for any Young Justice Fics I write. But I'm also graduating high school soon...so yeah don't expect too much. This story is basically a rewrite of season 1, including my OC, who my account is named after. I've modified his story to fit this universe more, his personality a bit as well. It was pretty clear that the writers of the show clearly had romance in mind when they thought of the characters. That being said, my OC, Red Hawk, will romance somebody too, but it's someone from the actual DC universe. Someone known and loved (I hope) by fans. So without further delay. Enjoy!
PS. This is set after the Team saves that Doctor from the Shadows. So Aqualad will be weak in this opening.
Ra's' Al' Ghul POV
The boy dressed in the special uniform costume made for him, pulling his twin medium length katanas out, as his secondary instructors circled him. I watched as my apprentice disarm his combat instructors, and grinned as he broke their limbs. Finally after years of training my protege is ready, and in the greatest of time also. With the detective and his allies using their children for their own dirty work, it is the perfect opportunity to show the League that a more refined method of theirs can be used against them. My pupil moved with unmatched human speed, struck precisely with such strength, and such fierce determination that even the bravest if soldiers would fear him. I watched as his final opponent fell, and he stood there not a single sign of exhaustion could be detected. I cannot describe the pride the sight brings me, to have finally molded a perfect shadow, an unyielding soldier that would not question orders. I clapped, catching his attention. Once his mind registers I'm clapping, he twirls his swords in his fingers, before placing them back in their sheath, and he bows before me. Silently asking what I desire of him, and I smile.
"Well down, my student," I praise, "You have truly grown into our leagues greatest of fighters, but now it is time to earn your place by my side." He lifts his head in curiosity.
"You must prove you're worth," I explain, "And remove a new annoyance of our allies. These will be your first of many targets." I hold a picture of the children the Justice League now send to plight us, and smile as I watch him bow. His silent way of assuring me it will be done.
The Cave
Batman entered the Cave, eyes filled with concern hidden behind frustration. A simple mission, he thought to himself. He saw the team in the living room, covered in scratches and bruises, Robin and Artemis were covered the most. Superboy's clothes were burnt, Kid Flash's pants were covered in some strange liquid, and Aqualad was silently nursing his left arm. Miss Martian gently rubbed her neck in a vain attempt to heal the bruising there. Batman knew the Shadows meant business, but he hadn't face any Shadow that could do this. Regardless one question had to be answered.
"What happened?" He asked, and the Team all looked at each other.
1 Hour Ago
The Robin and Superboy just returned from Gotham and were helping Aqualad get to the Bio-Ship. Kid Flash was silently still protesting Artemis's presence, and Miss M was worried about Aqualad, while Artemis was internally beating herself up for letting Chesre to escape. Superboy was trying to think of something to say, but nothing he thought of seem to fit the mood, then he heard something. Something fast..coming towards...THEM!
"EVERYONE MOVE!" He shouted, as he grabbed Robin and jumped backwards with Aqualad still in tow, and a black arrow struck where they originally stood, then blew up.
"What the-" Robin exclaimed, "Who shot that arrow?" His answer came as a person dropped from the shadows and harshly landed on a car nearby. The fire from the explosion, brought the person details to light. A male about 5'6 dressed in a full black and red body suit, with a grey utility belt, red quiver with black bow, and he wore a blood red scarf around his neck and lower face. His brown eyes were cold, yet they shimmered from the light of the flame. Kid Flash charged in before anyone uttered a word, and the mysterious archer responded by firing an arrow at the ground, releasing some strange green liquid. When KF ran across the green liquid, it crystallized and trapped him from his legs to his upper torso. Superboy roared into battle, ready to smash the guy into submission, but the archer rolled out of the way before Superboy hit the ground. The archer pulled a handgun from his belt, aimed and fired. Superboy not seeing any danger in a bullet stood his ground, until the bullet dug into his skin of his arm, causing him to scream in pain. It was only then he felt so weak, and his muscles burning, he then noticed the bullet was glowing green. Kryptonite, was all he thought. Miss Martain flew over to try and help, but the archer spray Superboy with some chemical, then tossed a live match onto him, causing his body to erupt into flames. Unable to stop in time, Miss Martain fainted from the intense heat of the flames. Robin and Artemis both fired their weapons at the attacker, but he knocked them aside with his own bow. The archer charged towards them, swiftly avoiding the explosive and projectiles Artemis and Robin sent his way. When close he smacked his bow against Robin's jaw, then knocked his feet out from under him. Artemis tried fighting to match their attackers style, but was meet with a crushingly quick kick to her stomach, followed by forceful tug into a choke hold. Unable to stomach anymore, Aqualad gather what little strength he had left, and fired a shot of water at the mysterious attack. His aim was true, and scored a hit on the attackers forehead, causing him flip backwards. But the attacker unexpectedly recovered by turning his fall into a backflip. For a brief moment, their eyes locked, two warriors on a battle field, both caring out orders, but one at a slight disadvantage. Aqualad still felt the jelly fish toxin coursing through him, slowing down his reflexes and movements.
The attacker but his bow away, and charged at Aqualad, and before Aqualad could react, the mysterious attacker slammed him into the ground. Not satisfied, the attacker then broker the arm Aqualad used to shoot him with. With Aqualad's scream of pain, the attacker failed to notice Robin sneak up on him, and score a powerful flying round house kick on his jaw. The attacker's scarf slipped away, as it's wearer was launched a good five feet away. Looking at one of his oldest and most trusted friends, Robin gritted his teeth in an attempt to keep his cool. He noticed, that the attacker was slowly rising to his feet, with his back turned to Robin.
"What's the matter not feeling asterous?!" Robin taunted, but regretting saying it, given that this villain wouldn't get his humor, or probably care.
"Serious?" Artemis voiced, "Not the time to be taunting the guy who just took down our SUPERPOWERED friends!" She struggled to get to her feet. Finally their attacker turned around, and Robin and Artemis gasped. On their attackers neck, was a modified inhibitor collar, it was glowing blue instead of orange, and their was a capsule of venom on the side. To Artemis, she thought it was just strength enhancer, but Robin knew exactly what it was for. The collar around this guys neck was providing a means of mind control, and the venom was giving hi enhanced strength and speed.
"Whoever this guy is," Robin said aloud, "He's not in control of his action. Take out the collar!" He order, then charged, before Artemis could argue with him. Robin got up close to the guy, and started throwing the combo's that Batman had taught him, but all were blocked or dodged. After getting frustrated enough, Robin pulled out the twin escrima sticks on him, and charged again. He finally caught the guy off guard, and land a few good strong hits on the attacker. As he got back up, Robin put the guy in restraint hold, and Robin tossed and pellet at the attackers feet. Releasing a compound similar to one used against KF, but it only trapped the attackers legs.
"Artemis now!" He shouted, "The collar!" Artemis knocked back an sharp arrow, and hit the collar dead on. Causing the tech to malfunction, and release it's captive. Once the collar hissed off, the attacker, lost his anger, his determination to fight, and his spacial awareness.
"I'm free," he weakly mutter, "Thank yo-" His thanks was cut off by an angry kick to his face from Artemis.
The Cave Present
Batman looked at the Team in shock, never had he heard of anyone, human, be able to defeat a team of six well trained heroes so easily. Then there was the Control Collar, he only knew of one villain who used that technology, but it didn't make any sense for the Brain to train a child to fight. It wasn't his style.
"And so you brought him here?" Batman asked. Everyone nodded, and Robin rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah after I killed the chemical fire on him," Robin explained, "And removed the kryptonite from his arm, Superboy helped me and Artemis free KF, and get Kaldur and Megan to the bio-ship. And I could tell that no regular cell would be able to hold that guy. So I brought him here for questioning." The others were not too happy about this little detail, but Batman was mentally parsing his young ward, proud that he was attempting to give the used child a chance.
"Understood," Batman coldly said, "But given that all of you are either too injured of emotional about him, Red Tornado, Black Canary, and myself will question him. But in the mean time, Zatara will stop by to help heal you."
Interrogation Room
The boy slowly woke up, noticing many thing while he did so: A sharp pain in his cheek bone, he was sitting in a uncomfortable metal chair, hand-cuffed, his legs were chained together, he was shirtless, the room was slightly cold, he had no idea where he was, and more importantly he couldn't remember-
"Alright," a deep cold voice interrupted, "Talk!" The boy looked up, and saw a man dress in bat-like costume, followed by a red robot, a blonde woman, wearing so suggestive clothing. Almost instantly he recognized them, and he was speechless.
"Ba-Batman?" He asked unsure if it as a trick, "Red Tornado? Black Canary? Is this real?" The question threw the three Leaguers off guard, and it showed, even from Batman. The boy looked around and saw a video camera attached to a wall, and he started freaking out.
"No!" He shouted angrily, "This is another one of his tricks again! Isn't it?! Well forget! I'd rather die then let you bastard fuck with my mind again! I won't be fooled the same way again!" After ten failed attempts to calm him down, Batman smacked him across the face. The whole room rang with silence. Red Tornado monitored the child's heart beat the entire time, before Batman slapped him, his heart beat showed he was truly terrified. Black Canary as a hero would have thought it was a convincing act, but from her perspective as therapist, she felt so bad for him. It was clear that the boy had deep psychological issues, and it sadden her to see that in anyone, especially if they were forced to be evil, by evil. Finally Batman cleared his throat.
"That was not entirely necessary," he apologized, "But please understand, we are the REAL JUSTICE LEAGUE, not some illusion created by your...whoever it is that was controlling you." The boy looked at them in disbelief, this wasn't an illusion, he was finally free. He almost felt like laughing, if he wasn't chained.
"Alright I believe you," he finally answered, "But where am I, why am I chained, and more importantly...no. Did...did I kill someone?" The horror is his eyes was pure, Batman and Black Canary recognized it all too well. They had both handle situations where a person was being manipulated to do wrong by someone, but neither had experience with person this young. Black Canary gently placed a caring hand on his shoulder.
"No," she assured him, "Thankfully, you were stopped before that happened." The boy let out the hugest sigh of relief Canary had ever witnessed. He then looked around, from his facial expression, it looked like he was working something through his mind.
"I'm assuming you're here to ask me which side I'm on?" He asked, he received a nodded, "Thought so. Well, guess I should tell you what I know. I was trained by the League of Shadows, at a very young age, I can't exactly remember when. But I was never truly one of them...I didn't agree with their morals, I was just using them to learn his to fight...I hope."
"You hope?" Batman asked puzzled, to which the boy nodded.
"Yeah," he assured, "But i don't remember, because four years ago, Ra's Al Ghul discovered my true intentions, and he wasn't happy needless to say, so he restraint me, and sent me to Cadmus, a genetics lab." Red Tornado, though an android, found this humans story interesting, but failed to see why he would be sent to Cadmus.
"Cadmus specializes in genetic engineering," he stated, "Clearly you have not been given superpowers. So what was the purpose for sending you there?" The boy eyes fell to the floor.
"I think," he choked, "No I'm pretty sure they erased most of my memories with their Genomos. Then...they did something else to my mind..I'm not sure what." Batman shocked, he never expected Ra's to resort to such extreme, for Ra's, especially on someone so young.
30 Minutes Mission Debriefing Room
Robin stood with the others, glaring daggers, minus Robin, at the kid who attacked them, who stood behind Batman, and next to Black Canary.
"Hey uh Bats quick question for ya," Wally angrily asked, "Why isn't he on his way to Bellrev?" The boy look aside in shame, still finding it hard to look any of them in the eye, until Black Canary placed another reassuring hand on his shoulder. Finally Batman spoke up.
"Because he's not going to prison," he stated, "From what he's told us, he's been wearing a control collar for four years, and under the control of Ra's Al Ghul. His mind was wipe, and controlled so that Ra's would have a perfect soldier, someone who, apparently, could defeat the Justice League with ease."
"Yeah well that's great a great sob story!" Artemis exclaimed, "But who cares! He nearly killed us!" Batman was about to respond, when the child cut him off.
"You honestly think I knew?!" He demanded, " I never asked for this to happen! I didn't ask to be kidnapped! To be put in a pod, and lose my memories! I didn't ask to become a puppet for the League of Shadows! Alright!" Everyone was silent. A small tear ran down his cheek, as he tried in vain to remember something besides the shadows.
"Listen," he muttered, "I will do anything, and everything I can to make what I did up to you guys. I...I want...no I NEED to redeem myself."
"But..but what happened wasn't your fault," Superboy said shocking everyone, "Look I know, probably better than everyone here, what it's like to have someone mess with your head. I mean my first memory is fighting Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Robin because I was mentally ordered to." The boy smiled, touched that the guy he probably hurt the most understood him. Robin then cleared his throat.
"Look," Robin paused, "I'm not saying that we're not all angry at you, but I sort of get it. Though I can't imagine what it's like having someone else control your mind and body. But if Batman okays it, well there might be a spot for you here." Artemis and Wally shot angry glares at the boy wonder. Batman's lips made the faintest curve upwards, and Black Canary fully smirked.
"Funny you should say that," Canary said, "Because he'll be joining the team now. Not right away though, he'll have to be examined before that happens. But once we've cleared him, he will be joining the team. But in the meantime, he'll live here at cave with Megan and Superboy."
"What?!" Wally exclaimed, Robin roughly elbowed him in the ribs, and mutter something into his ear.
"Kid this is no different than our encounter with Superboy," Aqualad explained, "He was used by Cadmus just as Superboy, except much more crueler methods. We must be open minded. It would not be fair to-" Aqualad paused realizing a detail that none of the team knew.
"I'm sorry," Aqualad said, "But what exactly is your name?" The boy sighed, heavily.
"They erased my real name," he sighed, "The only name I've been able to respond to, is the code name Ra's gave me. Red Hawk. So call me either Red or Hawk." The team got way with introductions, and Black Canary slowly saw a small flicker of hope in Hawk's eyes, making her smile.
Well there you guys go...let me know if it needs improvement if you like the character or if you have questions suggestions etc. Let me a review or comment, and I'll get to work on any suggestions, aside from grammar stuff, cause I can't control that too well since I work on my phone for this stuff. So like I usually say, join me next time, I promise it'll be much better than this chapter. Until next time! Later.