The bright white lights of the hospital ceiling blinded (name) as she was being carried. The constant bumps of the stretcher made her head ache even more with the ringing that was making her ears bleed. She could barely hear the concerned shouts of the nurses and doctors. Her parents were close behind, and when they finally entered a room, the doctors lifted her and placed her on the bed.

She was quickly blinded by a light in her eyes, assuming it was a doctor checking her dilation. She sat up, and looked around, slightly dazed. He seemed satisfied with the result, as he quickly checked her heartbeat and pulse. It was probably pounding, since he placed a calming hand on her shoulder. He began talking to her, but no sound came out. He clearly was speaking to her, and would pause to see if she could answer.

The ringing pierced again, causing (name) to wince and cup her hands against her ears, shutting her eyes tightly. It made her head pound, and her eyes water as muffled voices were frantic around her. She looked up to her parents, who had tears in their eyes as they tried to hold them back. (name) looked over to her doctor again, who supposedly gave out orders to the nurses, as they quickly ran out of the room. He looked over at (name), and began to talk again. The ringing had subsided for now, but she still couldn't hear anything. He spoke slowly, and pointed to his mouth. (name) was confused by this, but she figured that he had said something like, "read my lips".

"Unfortunately, your otosclerosis have proven to be untreatable. The stapes bone has grown too abnormally for any surgery to be done. If we tried to do anything to the bone, it would lead to heavy brain damage." (name) nodded slowly, as her brows furrowed. She couldn't see exactly what he was saying, but she grasped idea. She watched the doctor's head turn over to her parents, her mom still had tears in her eyes as she asked the doctor a question. (name) couldn't understand what she said, but the answer was negative, as the doctor shook his head in a disappointing matter. Once again the ringing stabbed at (name)'s ears, as more blood spilled out, and she winced again. (name) soon felt dizzy, as her eyes rolled in the back of her head and her head hit the rough hospital pillow, and everything turned black.

She awoke, and a familiar smell of metal and grime filled the air. She sat up slowly and realized that she was back in her parent's laboratory. She sighed in slight relief, as a door swung open, and her mother and father rushed over to her. They hugged her, and her mother dropped down to her level as she began to speak. (name) still could not hear a sound, but she looked down to her lips and watched carefully.

"(name), I know the doctor said that there was nothing that they could do, but we aren't willing to give up.

Her parents are very intelligent weapon engineers for S.T.A.R. Labs. They would design special weapons with foreign material that would be recovered with the help of the Justice League. They would build weapons that could counter against certain villains, and their biology, but it could also be harmful to some superheroes.

She was surprised when she looked over at her father and saw that he had been holding a pair of headphones, that radiated with a beautiful gradient of neon blue, to a vibrant purple. They glowed and became dull, and glowed again, almost like a heartbeat. There were two loudspeakers on the outside of both sides of each headphone ear, which was unusual for "normal" headphones. She could see his reluctance, but he walked over to her with the headphones tight in his hands.

"These are going to help you hear again. They are made with some... material that was shipped to us." He said nervously, awaiting (name)'s response. She nodded, still a little tired and dazed.

"You are going to be okay, (name). These will keep you safe." Her father said before he began to put the headphones over (name)'s ears. She closed her eyes, and felt the cushion around her ears placed softly, providing comfort. They were a perfect fit. She opened her eyes slowly, and looked over to her parents.

"(name)? How do you feel?" Is what she presumed her mother had said, but she still couldn't hear anything. She shook her head in disappointment, and her parents faces filled with despair upon hearing the result of their headphones.

Only seconds after that, an excruciating pain filled (name)'s ears as she screamed out. Her head was pounding, like someone had been taking a hammer to her head. She took deep shaky breaths as pain kept shooting into her head. It was as if wires had drilled themselves through her ears and into her brain. Her parents were panicking, her father rushed out of the room quickly while her mother stay behind and was trying to communicate with (name). It was to no avail, however, as her pain was blocking out any noise. She was like that for a couple of minutes, although it seemed like it had been ages before the pain reduced, and eventually dulled down. Her originally beautiful (eye color) eyes had shifted into a color of vibrant neon blue, with a gradient of purple, just like the headphones.

"(name)?! Are you okay? Speak to me!" Her mother yelled frantically, lightly shaking her. Her mother's breath was shaky and nervous, with her skin pale and a cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

"(name)?!" She called again, and it wasn't until she had yelled again that (name) realized it.

She had heard her mother's voice.

Her pain had turned into a dull annoyance, a major headache, but she could hear!

"M-mom?" She spoke, and then gasped at hearing her own voice. Her hand subconsciously travelled to her ear, which was covered by the headphone.

"(name)? Can you hear my voice?" (name) nodded her head frantically. Her mother was shocked, as well as overjoyed and tears beaded in her eyes as she hugged her. Her father rushed in, with one of his scanners in his hand and headed over to where (name) was still sitting.

"Okay, (name), lay down. I'm going to examine you." Her father instructed hastily, but was stopped with teary eyes in front of him as her mother lightly grabbed him and smiled.

"She can hear again, dear! She can hear!" He was shocked, and looked from her mother to (name), and cheered. They went on like that for a couple more minutes, before they finally examined her. What they learned, was terrifying.

The material that her father and mother used to build the headphones was not of this world. They were a form of the Mother Box. The headphones had heightened her sense of hearing, making it over ten times better than an average human. When she placed the headphones on her head, the "Mother Box" connected to its host, i.e. the brain. The scorching pain that shot in her head, was these wire-like things from the Mother Box; connecting to mostly parts of the limbic system, like the amygdala and hippocampus. Those parts control emotion and sudden impulses of feeling. So if (name) were to lose control, so would the Mother Box. They also learned that if (name) or someone was to remove the headphones, she would die. The Mother Box had already manifested in her brain, removing it would cause very severe brain damage, which would lead to death.

(name) had also developed these powers, from the alien material radiating from her brain. Ironically, she was able to manipulate sound; into using it to fly, make amplified fields of sound, voice manipulation, and many more. Over time, she was very careful to never go to crazy when it came to practicing her new powers and figuring out different techniques to defend herself.

She had watched her parents ever since she was little build all kinds of different weapons, that could help superheroes or be used to fight against supervillains. So one night, she had taken her old boom box that her parents had gotten her for her birthday a couple years back, and started toying with it. She has always been a huge fan of music. She found more of that alien material that they had talked about and redesigned her boom box. She replaced its power core with some of the Mother Box, and watched as the old black boom box turned vibrant blue like her headphones. This kind of Mother Box must have been connected with (name)'s brain, because it would transform into any shape that (name) was thinking of. From a gun, to a sword to a hammer. She was pretty excited to have made something so unique that she could call her own. From that point on, she had kept practicing her powers and tried to learn them and how to use her boom box as best as she can, while her parents monitored her and recorded all the data they could get in about the Mother Box.

Unfortunately for her, her parents kept her isolated, so that they could study more about the Mother Box and (name)'s enhanced skills. Being coped up in the laboratory all the time weighed her down, as she became detached to the world, not of her own volition. She learned to defend herself, and how to fight back if she ever gotten into a sticky situation. (name), however, had wished that she would never have to use her powers in a fight, or a place where she could severely hurt somebody, but sadly, her wish had not been granted.

ONE YEAR LATER

"That was so amazing! Did you guys see how amazing (favorite music artist) was?! I swear (he/she) looked right at me!" (name) beamed from the backseat of her parents car, as they drove away from a music concert that she was so excited to see.

"Haha, yes we did, (name). Buckle your seat, sweetheart." Her mother smiled at her, while her father climbed into the driver's seat and started the car.

"I'm so happy I got to see (favorite music artist) with my own eyes! It's blowing my mind right now!" (name) raved, as she held up a tee shirt of merchandise that she had just bought from the concert. She had been whining and begging her parents to take her to that concert in Central City for months ever since she had heard about it, and they finally cracked and bought tickets. It was rare for them to let her out of the laboratory, so this was a very fun and excited night for her.

She laid her head back in her seat with a satisfied smile on her face as she gazed at the full moon. She was like that for about ten minutes, and would've fallen asleep, had it not have been from the sudden gasp from her father. She had opened her eyes, and saw that he was roughly trying to jerk the steering wheel.

"What is it?!" Her mother slightly shouted with concern at her father who was very confused.

"T-the wheel is stuck!" (name) hurriedly looked out of the window, and saw that they were driving on a windy road, right at the edge of a hill. A curve was coming up ahead fast, and if they didn't slow or fix the wheel, they would be plummeting off the hill.

"H-honey!" Her mom shouted as on impulse she grabbed his arm in fright, and with a finally jerk, the wheel seemed to unlock, and they made the turn in time.

(name) breathed out a sigh in relief, which was short lived, when suddenly the front tires stopped, and the car flew into the air and over the rail that was protecting cars from going over it. She suddenly grabbed for her boom box, clutching onto it tightly as the air escaped from her lungs. Once again she could hear that dull, annoying ringing in her ears again, as everything went quiet. The windows smashed in, and grass and leaves smacked her in the face when they rolled down the hill. Some of that glass must have cut her face, as blood dripped from those cuts and poured down her face.

Everything went black, and when she felt that nothing was moving anymore, she opened her eyes slowly. She was upside down, and her head was pounding. Her breathing got shaggy and panicked as she realized what had just happened to her.

"Dad? Mom?!" She yelled out in pain, as she found herself unable to move. Her eyes shifted to the seat belt that was trapping her in the ripped seat she was in. She began pushing the eject button, only to find that it had became stuck. She took a deep, shaky breath, when she reached for her boom box, which was still in tact. Her hand clamped onto the handle of it, and it immediately turned into a neon blue knife. She used it cut through the seat beat, and she went for the door next to her. It was stuck, as she slammed herself into it to no avail. Her gaze went to the broken window on the other side of her, and she set for it.

Good thing it was already broken. A sharp pain erupted from her right foot, as a piece of glass had managed to dig itself through her shoe and into her foot, causing blood to pour out of her foot. She was strong, and tried her hardest to ignore the pain as she tried to crawl her way out through the window. Her elbows and hands got cut from the glass, as she shut her eyes tightly and bit her tongue to hold in any painful screams. She made it to the grass and used her strength to push her body all the way out. She let go of the makeshift knife and it turned back into the boom box. (name) picked it up and turned it into a ring, took a couple more painful breaths, before realizing something.

Dad? Mom?

Suddenly she had this adrenaline coursing through her body, as she hobbled to the driver's seat, trying to stay off of her right foot and managed to pry open the door. What she saw was something she didn't think she'd ever have to see. A looming despair filled her head as she stared wide eyes at what was before her. Bile shot its way into her throat until she swallowed it back down.

There was her father, drenched in blood, with her eyes partly opened, looking dull and unhealthy. (name) locked over to her mother, to see her in the same state as her father. She couldn't comprehend what was happening until a smoke pierced her suddenly, causing her to flinch back and land on her butt. Smoke filled the car, and (name) knew something was wrong.

As she began to crawl forward to her parents, a strong force pulled her up and suddenly she was high in the sky. The air was knocked out of her, when the car that her parents were in suddenly lit on fire, followed by a explosion. She stuck her hand out, as if some god would grant a miracle and she would be able to grab her parents who were so far away and everything would be okay.

She realized that she was going higher in the air, and realized that the force that grabbed her was a person. This person wore dark clothes, with a dark mask and long pointed ears. She could see the dark cape flowing in the corner of her eye as the smoke from the explosion clouded the air. It was until then that she realized that she had been crying, her breathing now choking sobs, and before long, she felt a sudden thug on the back of her neck. Her eyes drooped, her neck slumped and everything went black.

Again.

Poor Reader... Sad way to start up the story.

*Welcome! First of all, I just want to say thank you so much for reading. I've been into DC for soooo long now, and I've always had this idea in my head to write this, and I just had to write it.

*I am honestly so excited to write this, and I really hope that you are excited to read! I didn't have a clue what to name her, so I decided to let you readers decide for yourselves!

*I'd like to apologize for any grammer errors or spelling errors, and I want to apologize if some things didn't make sense, they'll be cleared up in the next chapter. Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you again next chapter!