Here's the second chapter, I'm so excited!
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice. Obviously.
Kate's POV
I opened my eyes slightly to see that I was in a cage.
"What in the world happened?" I muttered while rubbing my head. The room I was being held in was cold and very dark. If it weren't for the candles on the walls I would've been shrouded in black. I sighed and closed my eyes, trying to remember what happened. Flashes of horrid images filled my mind. My room was on fire; I ran out and tried to find my family. My mother called for me and told me to get out of the house. I guessed she had my dad and little brother with her. I thought it had been a gas leak that had exploded or something, but of course I was wrong. There was a group of oddly assorted men waiting outside. There was also a large machine. It had been placed in front of the escape route my family had planned in case of this type of emergency.
"Kate! Kate help us, we need you!" My little brother's final words were almost drowned out by the screams of my parents being burned alive.
"Mom! Dad! Gary! I'm coming!"
"Uh, uh, uh. We can't have that now, can we?" a strange voice said behind me. I grabbed a knife from my sleeve, but before I could do anything, something was injected into my neck. My vision began to grow hazy, and I passed out.
Now I'm in this cage and my family is dead. I shed a tear, but quickly wiped it away. "Come on Kate, you've got to be strong and get out of here," I thought. Suddenly an enormous flood of light busted into the room, causing me to shield my eyes.
"So our test subject has awakened. Perfect." "That man's voice. He's the one who did this," I thought.
"I am Dr. Mark Desmond. You are to be our new testing subject for our Superboy clone. My eyes widened. "Superboy? That doesn't sound right. SuperMAN maybe, but not Superboy. Either way this doesn't sound good at all." Dr. Desmond walked closer and peered into my cage. I spat into his eye. He looked like he was about to curse, but then he laughed.
"You'll regret that when your skull is about to get bashed in," he chuckled and opened the door out. Before he left he turned and said, "Oh, and don't think we forgot about your knives." Then he walked out, leaving me in darkness again. I patted my arms and legs, but only to be disappointed that my knives really were gone. I sighed. "Great….wait a minute!" I took off my left shoe and pulled a part of the sole back. "Hmmm, didn't take all of them, did you?" I said with a grin. I focused on summoning my magic, and then made a slashing motion with the blade. "Yes, I'm free!" I cheered/whispered. I felt a wave of exhaustion. "That stuff they put in me must still be taking effect," I thought. "I had better hurry up and escape." I yanked the door open and literally began running for my life. And alarm sounded and a computer-generated voice said, "Experiment K-08 is escaping." A bunch of men in lab coats began chasing me. I focused and flung my hand out. A wall of silver magic sprang up between me and them. It was actually somewhat amusing to see them act like bugs around a bug zapper. No matter how many people get shocked by the wall, someone else thinks they can break through it by running at it. I began laughing until I myself hit a wall-like figure.
"Where do you think you're going?" asked a man with a deep voice who looked like he belonged on a football field, not a laboratory. I dodged around him, and ran through a door. I was in a stairwell. I focused and began quickly levitating upwards. I was nearly unconscious I was so tired by the time I reached the top, but I knew I had to keep going. I ran out an emergency only door, and kept running until I reached a forest. I knew I was about to pass out, so I quickly took shelter under a tree and put up a magic shield with the last of my energy. My vision began to blur like it did during the fire, but before my eyes closed I could've sworn I saw my family's faces, unhurt and beautiful. I sighed again and drifted off.
Zatara's POV
I was on patrol when I spotted a girl underneath a tree in the forest below me.
"What's that?" I muttered to myself.
I decided to check it out. I floated down to the tree and cautiously walked towards the girl. She was dirty, and her blonde hair was a mess. She appeared to have many cuts and scars.
"She's hurt. I had better bring her somewhere safe," I thought.
I walked towards the girl, but as I reached forward to pick up the girl, some invisible force was stopped me.
"What?" I said. "She has some kind of magical shield around her!"
I touched the shield. There was a flash of silver, and then the shield shattered. I gently picked up the girl.
"Huh?" she said, opening her gray-blue eyes slightly.
"Who are you? Where is your family?" I asked because it looked like she was about to pass out again. A tear escaped her eye.
"Kate. Dead. They're all dead," she rasped, then fell asleep once more.
"I need to take her somewhere safe. But where? Zatanna is already giving me gray hair; I can't take on another child. Of course! I'll take her to Mount Justice! She obviously has some sort of magic, and she's an orphan. She may want to join the team." I thought.
"The fire," the girl whispered in her sleep. "Run, or the fire will get you," she said sadly.
"Hush, child you're safe now," I said gently. I flew off towards the mountain.
