Title: The Daring Dangers

Summary: When the Justice League suspects Haley's Circus of stealing advanced weaponry, they send Red Arrow to catch the culprits. Stolen guns seem like the least of his worries, however, when he meets the Daring Dangers, kids with powers found only in JLA founders. They're hiding something, and Roy Harper won't stop till he knows what it is. **Set during Performance

Author's Note: Okay, so, this is going to be slightly confusing, but we're acting like this happened a year before YJ took place, therefore everyone, including Roy, is a year younger than they are in the T.V. show. So no, it's not a mistake that I'm making Roy seventeen, Dick twelve, and so on and so forth. I'm doing this because I'd like them to be their normal ages at the end of this when they join the- oops, I've said to much! Quick, read the disclaimer before I spoil the whole story line!

Disclaimer: I don't own YJ or any of its characters.


Roy tugged absently at his collar, a tight smile displayed forcefully on his face as he walked across the gravel terrain. The smile only fought more and more into a frown as he looked at the bright, colorful flags and posters from around the globe stapled proudly to various poles and boxes, showcasing the circus' unique culture.

His eyes darted to the overly chatty and overly friendly people that smiled at him, sometimes even sending a small wave in his direction, despite his refusal to send one back. This was a joke, there had to be some kind of mistake here!

Stepping into the line, his mind wandered to yesterday's events. He'd been assigned a mission, one that wasn't a covert stake out. He'd been beyond excited; until he learned exactly what he was doing. Being stuck at some kiddy circus performance wasn't on his to-do list, and having to participate in one just made it worse. Apparently, the League thought all he was good for was going undercover to see some cruddy juggling act.

"Roy, it's not just a stakeout mission," he could hear Oliver's criticizing tone in his head. "You were trusted with this job, I expect you to grow up and act like you deserve it. You wanted something besides a stake-out so bad? Now you have it."

'Pff' Roy thought, impatiently drumming his fingers against his arm as he looked at the long line ahead of him, 'they just think I'm only good for these juvenile jobs. Jade was right, the League really doesn't trust me. She's probably laughing at me from some tree.' He gave a small, dead laugh, but despite himself glanced hurriedly at the shadowy greenery behind him and sighed in relief when he didn't see a red and white mask with a cat-like grin. This would be really hard to live up to.

What was this mission supposed to be about, anyway? Stolen weapons of some sort? He thought back to the conversation he and Oliver had right before he departed, "there's been several break-ins at secret Government and JLA warehouses. So far, all the evidence points to Haley's Circus, and we need you to go undercover as one of the acts to get to the bottom of it."

Right, he remembered now. Roy scoffed and brushed the dirt off his shirt that just seemed to be attracted to him in this dirty vacant lot, the Justice League had "trusted" him with a "high covert op mission" that supposedly was "very important". Artillery and documents were being stolen from some warehouses every time Haley's Circus was in the U.S., which apparently they haven't gone out of the country for a few months, and that was apparently suspicious. While this probably wasn't a coincidence they'd been in the town with the warehouses almost every time, this wasn't a job Roy deserved. Why not send some part-timer?

To be honest, the only reason he had even accepted this job was because Batman had been in the room when it was presented to him. With the big of a bat-glare sent in his direction when he started to shake his head from side to side, who wouldn't say yes? He was stuck, and Oliver knew it. So, with absolutely no other options, he accepted.

His attention was brought back to the real world when he was called up to the table of new recruits, and those wishing to refund or buy an early ticket, which was mostly why the line was so long. Why people still didn't know how to properly use a credit card or count change was beyond him, but at least it had given him time to think.

He gave the lady a dazzling smile, who only stared up at him boredly without a flicker of interest and continued loudly snapping her gum that was probably disposed of all flavor. Despite the rude gesture, he couldn't blame her, he wouldn't want to sit here for hours with idiots that can't count to twenty three cents either. "Hi, I'm here to recruit myself?"

She looked as if she was fighting an eye roll, "Wrong line. The line for new recruits is over there." She said monotonously like she'd repeated the sentence all day, which she probably had, as her eyes flickered up at him in a very judging way. The fact that she was definitely thinking 'idiot' and gave many looks to her digital watch spoke volumes.

Sure enough, to the right of her was a table with a small sign that wrote New Recruitments in bright blue letters, with a line of one person. Fighting the urge to facepalm, he gave her a small smile in thanks and quickly walked off, feeling just as dumb as the rest of society.

A few minutes later, he was standing face-to-face with a man that very much reminded him of a happy pig. His cheeks were rosy, his teeth were flashy, and his eyes were a deep blue that were almost as bright as the sun glaring in Roy's eyes. This man smiled way too often, that's for sure.

Roy sent him a grin, the same one usually used to swoon girls at the boring parties Oliver dragged him to, which was helpful for things like this. And, if he got bored, it helped with getting a date too. "Hello, Mr., uh-"

The man sent him a big smile and grabbed his hand, giving it many hard shakes that made Roy lose his charmish composure for a second and reach back for a non-existing arrow to stab him with. "Haley, but please, call me Pop. Thank you for registering with us today. I was told there would be a few interesting recruits coming, and I can't wait to see what you've got! Do you have your papers?"

Roy's mouth was half open, struggling to come up with a clever reply, or a reply at all. His quirky attitude had taken the young protege by surprise, and that was saying something considering his line of work.

Deciding to forget trying to get his vocal cords to function, he simply nodded and pulled out a stack of papers from the small backpack the rested on his shoulders, giving it to the chubby man, who started filing through them. He would be going by the name Daniel Green, who went by Dan for short. "Excellent. Nice to meet you Daniel, we're having all the new tryouts later today, so meet us at the big top at six. Look forward to having you there!" He gave him a wink and practically shoved him so he could meet the woman standing behind him.

Although he was no longer paying attention to him, Roy gave the guy a half-smile, clutching his fists behind his back hard enough to almost draw blood.

This was going to be the most boring week of his life.


"Such incredible talent," Said Haley, swallowing the big bite he'd taken out of his pretzel. "It's amazing how you young kids are getting out there and doing amazing things. How ever did you learn to do that?"

"Time and practice, that's what all good things require." Roy replied easily, taking another sip of his Pepsi as he sat with the ringmaster to talk about his act, which had apparently impressed him so much he'd invited him to get a drink. For free. Who was going to turn that down? 'Actually, more like hours and hours of training and shooting bad guys with different arrow tips.'

He had just given his performance, and was the only one to make it, apparently. Not that he was surprised, the other acts were all consisting to that of a middle school talent show, and he could surpass them by a mile. He glanced at the wooden boxes surrounding the tent, sadly reminded why he was here. No matter how much he hated everything about it, if he could impress the League with getting this done so quickly, then he'd definitely be sent to a better mission next time. Right, look for anything suspicious.

"Ah, yes, I suppose that's true." Haley sent Roy another smile, dipping his pretzel into more cheese sauce. "The only thing that would be, how do I put this, a slight concern about your act that I can think of is that we already have an archer."

Roy cocked an eyebrow, setting the plastic cup down. "Oh?" He asked. 'Please, I was trained by Green Arrow himself. I'm probably ten times better than whoever this guy is.' "Who is he? I'd love to meet him."

"Her name's Artemis, and she is probably just as good as you. Maybe I can talk them into- oh, this is just perfect!." After a moment of thoughtful silence, the man straightened, throwing the pretzel- at least, the salt still sticking to the paper plate -into a nearby trash can and motioned Roy to follow him. "Here, I'll have you meet them now."

"A girl being just as good as me? Them? What's that old guy talking about now?" He huffed, but half jogged to keep up with Haley, just as much out of curiosity as out of the sake of the mission. 'I just hope this won't be a complete waste of my time.'

Boy was he mistaken.


I am so, so, SO sorry for taking so long! There was school tests then I made the school play then my computer broke and it took forever to get it fixed..

In other words I've had a crazy couple of months.

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