Washington, D.C.
July 4, 14:00
In the late mid-day of America's celebratory date of birth, today crowds were gathered in front of the Hall Of Justice, over on a cliff across a stream were 6 heroes looking at the hall in pride...
The first was named Robin, he was fairly short for his age at 13-years-old, and had a slight, lean, well-toned build, since he was an acrobat and skilled at martial arts and gymnastics. A Caucasian male, he had short black hair and dark blue eyes, his uniform was comprised of a red vest, black leggings, boots and gloves, all of which seemed to be made of a sort of protective body armor that still allowed him great mobility. On his chest, a stylized "R" symbol was visible, and around his waist he wore a gold colored utility belt with various pouches for his equipment. He donned a cape that was black on the outer lining but pale yellow on the inside & finally a black domino-shaped mask.
The second was Robin's adoptive father & mentor named Batman; he is a tall Caucasian male with a dark and imposing figure, short black hair, and dark brown eyes. He wears a dark gray costume with the symbol of a bat spread over the chest, black trunks, gloves (with fins on the outer side), boots and a black cape with a unique pattern at the end. Batman also wears a black cowl designed with bat ears at all times to hide his identity. He also wears a yellow utility belt to complete his Bat-suit.
The third was the mentor of Speedy; Green Arrow has blond hair, blue eyes, a blond mustache and beard. Since his codename is Green Arrow, his clothes seem to mostly be green. He wears a dark green shirt with a hood underneath a long light green vest, black pants and green boots. He carries a quiver along his back that is filled with arrows and has a black strap that goes along his chest. He also has long green gloves, a black mask, and a green belt with a gold "G".
Speedy himself has auburn hair with blue eyes. He is tall in stature, around the same height as Aqualad. Due to his rigorous training with Green Arrow, he is very muscular, most noticeably on his upper body, he donned a yellow sixteenth century-style hat complete with feather, yellow gloves, boots, belt and a red suit.
The third is an Atlantean named Aqualad, with light blond hair cut at the bottom, brown skin, pale green eyes, high cheek bones, and a lean build. He possesses black, eel-like tattoos that run across his back and along his arms and glow a bright blue when using his powers, he also has webbed hands and feet and possesses a set of gills that allow him to breathe underwater, His superhero costume is a skin-tight, full-body, red-and-blue swimsuit that exposes his arms and feet. The costume has a set of small dorsal fins on the back of the calves. He also carries a water-pack that holds twin Water-Bearers and water.
Aquaman resembles a tall, muscular, bearded Caucasian male, with short blond hair, a beard, aqua blue eyes and a strong build. As Aquaman, he wears an orange scale-mail tunic and dark green leggings. At his waist is a gold belt that is clasped with a stylized letter "A", which has a built-in communicator. He also wears golden gauntlets on his wrists, and dark green greaves.
"Today is the day..." said Batman to his protégé in pride...
"Welcome to the Hall Of Justice" said Green Arrow to Speedy
"Headquarters of The Justice League" replied Aquaman
"Oh Man!" said a voice from seemingly nowhere, suddenly a red blur appeared, followed by a yellow blur...
The yellow blur was named Kid Flash. He was a 15 year-old high-school sophomore. He had spiky red hair, freckles and green eyes. He had a lean yet slightly muscular build. His costume was yellow with red pants, red gloves, and yellow shoes with a red lightning bolt within a white circle.
The Flash has short blond hair and green eyes. His superhero costume is a full-body suit that is all red, but has two small yellow lightning bolts across the waist and wrists. Like Kid Flash, he also has the yellow lightning bolt logo on his chest and boots.
"I knew we'd be the last ones here!" grunted Kid Flash in anger folding his arms, Flash just looked at him smugly
The heroes were walking towards the entrance of The Hall Of Justice, many of the crowd were taking pictures & talking left & right...
"Is that Batman?!"
"I see Flash & Flash Junior!"
"Isn't his name Speedy?"
"No that's Green Arrow's sidekick"
"Well that makes no sense"
"Are you ready to see the inner sanctum?" asked Green Arrow to Speedy
"Born that way." Replied Speedy
"I'm just glad we're all here..." replied Aqualad
"Having all four sidekicks at the same place at the same time!" said Kid Flash
"Don't call us sidekicks! Not after today..." interrupted Speedy
"Sorry... First time at the hall... I'm a little overwhelmed..." said an astonished Kid Flash
"You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why isn't anyone ever just whelmed?" asked Robin to himself
Then they finally entered the interior & they saw golden statues of the senior Justice League members, they all looked in amazement...
"Oh... Maybe that's why..." corrected Robin to himself.
They suddenly reached a door with a sign saying "Authorized Personnel Only", suddenly the door slided open revealing two other members: Martian Manhunter & Red Tornado...
Martian Manhunter generally prefers to take the form of a tall, green-skinned humanoid. His head is completely bald, and his face is oddly proportioned, with heavy brows, thick lips and red eyes. His costume is primarily black, with red accents, and a large red belt and x-shaped straps across his chest. He always wears a blue cape that is fastened by gold clips.
Red Tornado takes the appearance of a tall red robot with no ears or nose. His mouth and eye sockets are black giving him the appearance of an emotionless robot. He has a yellow T symbol on his chest and a yellow arrow on his forehead. He also wears a blue cape.
"Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash. Welcome..." said Martian Manhunter, he turned around & leaded them into the room whilst Robin & Kid Flash fist-bumping.
"You now have infinite access to our gym, our food stock, gallery & of course our library" said Martian Manhunter as they walked into the library.
"Make yourselves at home" said a proud Flash to the apprentices, they sat in the seats except for Speedy who looked slightly underwhelmed...
"Quick debrief on the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day, we shouldn't be long..." said Batman before turning to the identification drone released from the ceiling...
"Recognized: Batman 0-2"
"Recognized: Aquaman 0-6"
"Recognized: Flash 0-4"
"Recognized: Green Arrow 0-8"
"Recognized: Martian Manhunter 0-7"
"Recognized: Red Tornado 1-6"
The door in front of them opened which had a sign saying "Justice League Members Only"
"Wait, That's It?!" asked a furious Speedy
"You promised us a look inside, not a glorified back-stage pass!" continued Speedy
"It's a first step, you've been granted access few others receive" replied Aquaman
"Oh really?!" interrupted Speed pointing to the tourists in the glass tube above them...
"Who cares which side of the glass we're on?!" said Speedy
"Roy, you just need to learn to be patient" replied Green Arrow
"What I need is respect!" replied Speedy, he looked to the other protégés
"They're treating us like kids! Worse: Like Sidekicks!" said Speedy, grimacing at the last word...
"We deserve better than this..." continued Speedy, until Robin stood up as-well
"He's right... I mean 4 years training & for what Batman?!" replied Robin
"Exactly! Glad to know someone else has some sense! I mean today was suppose to be the Day! The first step in becoming full-fletched members of the league!" continued Speedy
"Well... Sure but... I thought step one was a tour of the HQ?" asked a confused Kid Flash
"Except the hall isn't the League's real HQ!" replied Speedy, surprising everyone
"I bet they never told you that the Hall is just a fore-front for tourists! & a pit-stop for catching Zeta-Beam teleporter-tubes to the real thing, an orbiting satellite: Called the Watch-Tower!" continued Speedy
Green Arrow looked behind him & saw Batman cross his arms.
"I know, I know, but I thought that, maybe we could make an exception?" asked Green Arrow, Batman just gave a Bat-Glare
"Or not..." replied Green Arrow
"You are not helping your cause son, stand down, or" said Aquaman but he was interrupted by Speedy
"Or what, you'll send me to my room? & I'm not your son! I'm not even his..." replied Speedy, pointing at Green Arrow
"I thought I was his partner, but not anymore..." replied Speedy, he grabbed his hat & threw it to the ground, shocking the other apprentices, Speedy begun to storm off, Robin followed in pursuit...
"Robin!" shouted Batman in shock, but he was interrupted by Robin
"I'm sorry dad... But after all the years we've trained together... I thought you trusted me... But apparently not... & in response, I can't trust you either..." replied Robin, he tore of his R sign & threw it to the ground, he looked to the other partners...
"If you won't follow us... Then they're right about you... You're not ready..." said a depressed & angry Robin as he followed Speedy out of the hall...
Bat-Cave
July 4, 14:15
Robin was packing his stuff from the manor & was putting away all his battle equipment, he looked to a photo of Batman & himself, he picked it up in anger & threw it to the wall, smashing it...
"You okay Robin?" asked Speedy sitting next to him
"Yeah... I'm just depressed... I mean, how can Batman expect me to be alright with just accepting that they'll never let us be in the league?" asked Robin, Speedy just hugged Robin in response, suddenly Robin felt a buzzing noise from his glove-computer, he looked to the screen & it read "Unknown Number"
They both looked at the screen in confusion...
"Should I answer it?" asked Robin
"I don't see why not..." replied Speedy, so Robin pressed the answer button...
"Hello Robin & Speedy, my name is Nicholas Joseph Fury of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement & Logistics Division" said the deep voice on the other side...
The figure was an African-American tall male with no hair a brown eye, the other covered with a black eye-patch, with a black gotye, he wore black clothing & trousers with black boots, long-black coat & grey gloves...
"Okay, what do you want us for?" asked Robin
"I'm the director of a secret military known as S.H.I.E.L.D. we've noticed your abilities & we would like to recruit you & Speedy, we have sent over our files equipped with all the information you require, along with the address of where our first meeting will take place, the decision is yours..." said Nick Fury as he signed off...
Warehouse
July 5, 12:35
Robin & Speedy entered the address warehouse where they saw the man from the call, around the room where 2 bodyguards stood, Fury was holding an I-Pad, he placed it down & looked to the two protégés...
"Do you have an answer to my proposal?" asked Nick, they nodded
"We agree..." said Robin & Speedy together, Nick smiled & shook their hands...
"Congratulations Robin & Speedy... Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D.!" said Nick Fury