I sat alone at the train station waiting for the first train out of here. I don't think this was the smartest decision I had ever made, but I couldn't just stay here forever. At school I was teased, mum and dad ignored it and let me suffer. There wasn't anything for me to stay for.
The train passed without stopping. Damn it. Guess my wait just got longer. Usually I'd be terrified of being out this late. A dark deserted train station and everything. But nothing ever happens here. It's too quiet. Everyone knows everyone. No one would try anything. That's why my parents won't realise I'm actually missing until it's too late.
I got up and wandered over to the vending machine. Before I could even choose what I wanted, two hands took hold of my covering my mouth. I screamed against the guys hands.
"Guess who!" The guy shouted and I immediately recognised his voice.
"Riley you slurry! You gave me a heart attack." Riley was my older brother. I should have known he'd follow me.
"Sorry. But come on, you know I would never let you go alone. I raided the pantry before I left." I smiled brightly.
"Riley you're the best!" I squealed hugging him tightly. Suddenly he fell limp in my arms. I looked up to find a fuzzy dart-like thing in his neck. I knew exactly what it was but my brain couldn't comprehend it. It was too unordinary. No one ever got abducted here. No one went missing. I was a moment later that I felt a sharp prick in my neck.
"Oh no." I fell to the ground, Riley crushing me, as I faded out.
I woke up in a tube. I was never good with tight spaces and began to panic. I heard beeping noises like that you would hear on a hospital when someone was about to die.
"It's the boy. Stabilise him now!" A doctor shouted as she entered the room.
"Who are you? Get me out!" I yelled, pounding my fists on the glass containment I was in. They all ignored me, instead focusing on 'the boy' they referred to. Suddenly the beeps became one continuous beep. Eerie and disturbing.
"We've lost him. Dispose of the body." The doctor ordered. "Remove the bug."
They wheeled the boy past. What had they done to him? Was I next? The doctor approached my tube.
"Miss Teagan, We've readied the operating room for you. Unfortunately the procedure requires you to be conscious. I'm not going to lie, it will hurt. Some, as you've just witnessed, cannot cope with the pain. They go into shock. While you were sedated we tested your body's internal functions. You are in perfect health and should be fine."
"Are you some mad Frankenstein lady?" The doctor looked a bit shocked by my words. "I don't want to be here. Let me go! I don't care how safe you think it is!"
She clicked her fingers and two men took me out of the tube. I fought against their grip to no avail. They laid me face down on a special operating table, restraining my arms and legs. They cut opens my top revealing my back and set a small object on my back.
All I knew after that was pain. I screamed and thrashed around as the small object dug slowly into my back. I felt it grow inside me. I felt it latch itself on to my spine. It felt like years had passed. Pain always makes time slower.
Eventually the pain faded. They lifted my limp body back to the tube and laid it horizontally like it were a hospital bed. Snow White style. The pain had drained me. I just let myself fade out.
I woke up to the tube suddenly opening around me and the smell of smoke came flooding in. The room was encased in fire.
"Immediate exit is wise. Exit is behind you on your left." A woman's voice suddenly said.
"Who said that?" I looked around to find nobody. "Never mind."
I went for the exit, only to find myself in hallway full of smoke.
"Armour is necessary to escape." The voice said. What armour?
"What armour are you on about?" A strange sensation came over me, starting from my back. I closed my eyes as it stretched all over me until it had encased my entire body. When I opened my eyes I was covered in a weird pink and black armour.
"Why pink? Couldn't have been any other colour. I hate pink." I groaned.
"Escape is Vital Teagan. Engage laser canon." Laser canon? The Armour around my forearm suddenly morphed into a gun-like thingy.
"You gotta be kidding me!" I blurted out as it fired through the walls. The armour had suddenly taken control of my body, leading me out of the building.
"Wait, my brother's still in there!" I couldn't resist it. The armour kept me going away from the burning building.
"Negative Teagan. Riley was removed and sold from the facility while you were unconscious." The voice replied.
"Do you mind telling me who you are?" I asked still confused with this whole voice in my head thing.
"I am the scarab attached to your back. I was stolen from an alien organisation called The Reach. I am unable to fully control you like my initial programming intended because of the tampering scientists. I can only take control when it's in your best interest. Like saving your life. Like I just did." So I'm like the freakin' Blue Beetle?
"You sound proud of yourself." I wonder if this thing can hear my thoughts.
"Yes I'm proud of myself. I've been previously programmed to end lives. Not save them. Count yourself lucky Teagan." The armour morphed back into the Scarab I apparently have on my back.
"Should I find the Justice League or what?" I asked as I began casually walking away from the scene. The building was relatively remote compared to the rest of the city. Fire trucks were only just driving past as I got to the next block.
"Negative, they'll find you." Wow. Creepy.
"What do you mean?" I asked as I continued my walk.
"Two League members inbound. Suggest suiting up." Before I could object the strange armour covered me again.
"Well if they didn't know there was something strange about me before they definitely know now!" One League member flew closer to me while the other investigated the fire. I recognised this one. Captain Marvel.
"Who are you?" He asked looking me up and down.
"Um, if I tell you will you tell me who you are?" I countered. I wasn't ready to give up my ID to anyone yet. Not even the Justice League.
"No. Even if I did you wouldn't believe me." He looked slightly embarrassed. "The League didn't when I first told them."
"Then I'm not telling." I crossed my arms in a stubborn childish way.
"Not wise. Best tactic is to gain trust. They have resources to find your brother." I raised my eyebrow at the Scarab's statement.
"I thought you didn't save people." I said back only to gain a strange look from Captain Marvel.
"Um, of course I save people. What are you on about?" Right. Voice in my head thing. He can't here the Scarab.
"Um, I've changed my mind. I want in. I want to meet Blue Beetle." Cap seemed lost for words until eventually he nodded in agreement.
"Can you fly?" I shook my head. Was I suppose too? "Then hold on."
He suddenly picked me up and met with Wonder Woman in the air.
"Who's this?" She asked, not liking the idea of me obviously.
"I'm Teagan. I was kidnapped and they put this Scarab thing in me." I explained. She nodded and flew off with me and Cap following.
