SUMMARY: After freeing the Justice League from the Light's control, the Team, with the clone Roy Harper, were bonding but they also need a mission bonding. Naturally, they get one. Their mission? Stop a villian with the name "Time Stream". But everything went wrong with the mission. One second they were fighting the enemy, the next they were in Watchtower with Superman and–was that?–Zatanna looking at them. One problem? The Zatanna they were staring at looked a little older and more beautiful and they can't have two Zatannas, can they?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Young Justice, folks! If I do, Wally West should never had ceased and Nightwing should never had leave the Team. Though, I own my OCs in this story.
EDITED: April 18, 2016
BETA READ: April 17, 2016. Thanks to my wonderful beta reader, Dimmension Traveler, for checking my mistakes.
REVIEWS: I was a little sad that my story has so far only one review but I don't doubt that it will go higher. And for the one that had review, I'm sorry to disappoint but I won't be bringing the kids from DCAU "Kingdom Come". And sorry if I will offend you, but I don't ship RobStar or NightStar (hence, their KC daughter) but I actually ship Dibs (DickXBarbara). Really sorry but there won't be any Dick and Koriand'r moments in my story even if I do plan to bring the Titans to join the YJ.
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Chapter Two:
The Blast
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|January 5, 10:27 AM PDT
|Star City
|TEAM YEAR ZERO
"ETA for our destination is 5 minutes." said Miss Martian on her seat in the bio-ship. She was in the middle of the ship, or most known as the 'control seat'. She was in her trademark costume. The white shirt with the red 'X', the blue skirt, the blue gloves and boots, and the blue cape.
They were heading for an abandoned warehouse in Star City where Robin had tracked the villian. They weren't in their stealth suits, because of the situation. It was morning and their stealth suits weren't going to be a use. The Team was thrilled, as this is their first mission that they had to do in a few days and their first on in daylight. Since they were the Covert Ops, they mostly do mission at nights, midnights, or whenever when the sun had set.
Robin and Kid Flash glanced out the windows of the ship, looking at the roads of Star City they were passing. None of the civilians below them had reacted whenever they passed by, that was because the Bio-Ship was in camouflage mode. The buildings were a blur as they head on to their destination.
Just like Miss Martian had say, they were there after five minutes. The warehouse was completely deserted. The humans on the Team can't help but how the situation was a cliché one. Abandoned warehouse that was used by a villian? Been there, done that. There were a few stacks of crates around the warehouse that was perfect for cover.
The Martian Bio-Ship landed on the ground quietly. The hatch opened and the Team exited the aircraft. Robin and Artemis quickly moved behind the crates and used this as a cover, soon followed by the rest of the Team.
Aqualad looked at Miss Martian and tapped his temple, signaling for the Mind Link. The Martian nodded and raised her hands to touch her forehead. "Link established." said Miss Martian telepathically.
"Is everyone online?" asked Kaldur, a.k.a. Aqualad, through the mind link. There were murmurs of 'yes' on the link. Aqualad then said, "We must approach the villain carefully. We do not want to be victims of the man's powers."
Kid Flash butted in, "Technically, he's just an ordinary human with an old yet powerful watch."
"A watch that may send us forward or backward in time." said Robin from his cover of stack of crates next to Artemis. He was crouched down as he analyze at the warehouse with a high-tech binoculars on his hand. "Looks like the warehouse is empty. The binoculars is not picking up any heat energy."
"Dude, that is cool. A binoculars with freaking heat sensors? Where did you get that?" asked Kid Flash. He was sitting on the ground behind the stack of crates he, Zatanna, and Aqualad were hiding behind. He swallowed a bite of his granola bar that was in his grasp.
"Uh... From the Bats." replied Robin with a 'duh' tone.
"Would you two mind forgetting about fantasizing the binoculars?" said Artemis, snarky. Her hand was twitching from her side as she cautiously peered over a crate, checking for enemy signs. "Are you sure this is the place? The guy doesn't seem to be here."
Robin glared at her and indignantly said, "Of course he is! Who do you think I am on deducing things? A rookie?"
"No need to snap, Bird Boy." said Artemis, rolling her eyes.
"I think this mission will be better if we just did this at night." Zatanna commented. Then, she muttered a spell then extended her hands in front of her. "He's here."
As if it was a cue, Time Stream appeared as he walked out of the warehouse. Several goons dressed in red-and-blue tuxedos and blue ties yet with white pants and green top hats appeared next to him too. Each goons held a weapon; a gun. It was coloured yellow with two watches on each side of it, there was also a cube with a blue and purple mixture inside floating on each of their top hats.
To say, to the troll member of the Team (who just happened to be Robin) find the suit funny, and that's saying something because he thought Roy's Speedy uniform on Christmas two years ago was funny. Apparently, he and Wally (a.k.a. Kid Flash) had pranked the guy, making his costume pink with glitters and the hat glowing blue. It was indeed a funny sight.
Artemis clutched her bow tighter as her hand twitched yet again. Her hand was obviously going for her quiver, grabbing an arrow as quick as she can. She narrowed her eyes at the scene. Time Stream was pointing at the east direction, she knew that he was giving orders to check on that place. She strained her ears to hear. Time Stream was talking really loud.
"You two, check the east side. We wouldn't want the Justice League and their group of sidekicks surprising us, would you?" asked Time Stream at two goons. The goons saluted—in which Artemis snorted, the goons were so cheesy—and head to the east side, their guns at ready. Time Stream then turned to look at the other goons. "You three check the west side, then you four check the north side, while you two imbeciles check the south."
With that, the villain made his way back to the warehouse again. As two goons went to the south side, which just happens to be where the Team was hiding, a red arrow whizzed towards them, landing a few inches before their feet. Both goons looked curiously at it. Then, green cloudy smoke emerged from the arrow and the goons were now not looking curiously at it but was panicked. However, they were already too late. The goons fell to the ground as they inhaled the smoke. Soon after, the smoke disappeared from thin air.
The Team sighed, except a certain archer, and turned to the said archer. He was looking at them innocently, the side of his mouth twitching upwards as if to smirk. Aqualad shook his head and told Robin and Artemis, "Grab them then leave them behind this crates. And do not forget to tie them up. It would be a disaster when they woke up unbound."
"Yeah. Heavy on the 'dis'." agreed Robin as he and Artemis scooted to the goons, dragging them behind the crates and tying them up with a rope, a rope which he always brings when necessary.
Kid Flash and Miss Martian left to handle the goons at the west side as Aqualad ordered, Superboy and Zatanna with the goons at the east side, while Rocket and Red Arrow handled the north side. They all tied the goons. Aqualad grabbed his water-bearers when the said members came back, not even a sweat on their faces.
It was too easy. And the Team didn't care if it was, they just want to get some action. Even Robin didn't comment about it. And that was the Team's mistake. When things go too (and suspiciously) easy, that means something is going on or something is going to happen. Something bad.
Every single member was tense when they entered the dark and gloomy warehouse. It was dimmed with sunlight, the tinted or blocked windows blocking the rays, but they were few light rays. Everyone got ready. Artemis pulled some arrows from her quiver and so did Red Arrow, Robin grabbed birdarangs from his utility belt, Aqualad activated his water-bearers, Kid Flash stretching his legs, Miss Martian hovered a foot from the ground, Superboy cracking his knuckles, Zatanna's hand was twitching ever so slightly, and Rocket hovered like Miss Martian but only three inches from the ground and her belt was powering.
Then, they heard it. A cackle. A ruthless, frightening, eerie, and hair-standing cackle echoed around the warehouse and the teens were looking everywhere for any sign of the villian. They heard a metal clink and a whoosh in the air as a knife went flying towards them, grazing Robin's arm. He let out a pain hiss and the Team looked at their youngest member and growled in anger
"Where are you?!" yelled Superboy, his hands clenching into fists. He narrowed his eyes at front of him and used X-Ray vision, but somehow he felt light-headed and fall to his knees, causing his friends (and girlfriend) to gasp.
"Superboy!" cried out Miss Martian as she knelt next to the boy. He was pale and sweating. His hands and knees were supporting him and his head was bowed, but everyone can hear his ragged breaths. "What did you do to him?!"
"Not anything that bad, deary." said a voice. Time Stream's voice. He was hiding in the shadows, like how Batman and Robin did sometimes. Miss Martian gritted her teeth in anger that can be felt in the mind link. "Just weakening him. The Kryptonite is working wonderfully."
"KRYPTONITE?! Do you know you can kill him when he's too exposed to it?!" Kid Flash yelled. He was vibrating in rage, the ground began to show minor burn marks from how fast his molecules were vibrating due to his anger.
Time Stream gave another eerie cackle, one that outmatched Robin's. "I do know, Flash Boy ("It's Kid Flash!"). And I'll take you out one by one, and unlike the villains you've encountered before I'll succeed." He stepped out from the shadows, his face cracking into a massive sinister grin. He showed them a detonator-like switch and pushed the button. Fires flame up next to Miss Martian and Aqualad. She shrieked in pain while Aqualad grunted, but both alarmed the others.
They were to save them but they found themselves stuck in a dried orange goo-thingy. The archers had dropped their bows and arrows and Robin lost grip on his birdarangs. On Zatanna's case, she found another goo on her mouth, preventing her from speaking let alone spell casting. Miss Martian and Aqualad was now lying on the cold ground, sweating and unconscious. The Team members that were stuck under the goo were starting to lose breath, the substance was cutting their air, squishing them. Not too long after that, the Team were all unconscious.
Time Stream smirked at all of them. Amateurs he thought. He pressed the button of the switch again and the flames disappeared and the goos melted. The six members of the Team fell to the ground with a loud thud. He closed the box on his hand and the Kryptonite vanished from sight, he tucked the box in his pocket and fingered his watch.
"I would love to kill you, Young Justice, but today is not the day. But maybe I could send you somewhere in the future. Or should I say sometime."
Just as he finished what he was saying, his watch glowed brightly and a golden ray fell upon the Team. Soon enough, they faded away and his watch stopped glowing. He felt a sinister smirk crept upon his face as he gazed at where the Team should be. He felt satisfied now.
The Team's adventure to the future had just begun.
CHARACTERS:
•Speaking Roles: Richard G./Robin, Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad, Wally W./Kid Flash, Conner K./Superboy, M'gann M./Miss Martian, Artemis C./Artemis, Zatanna Z./Zatanna, ?/Time Stream
•Non-speaking Roles: Roy H./Red Arrow, Raquel E./Rocket, Goon #1, Goon #2
•Mentioned: Justice League
NOTES:
I am sorry if my story often changes point of view, but I think you can understand it. I am not just used at staying at one's POV at one whole chapter. As said on the description, "One second they were fighting the enemy—", I know they didn't really fight, but think of it as it was a fight. I am too lazy to change the description since I already published this book.
