Call Us Sidekicks
Thanks so much to YouCanStandByMe, ElfUnderYourBed, and gingervitis for reviewing. Stay asterous!
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice, the Justice League, or anything else that DC owns. That would be a level of asterous that I would never be able to stay whelmed about. True story.
"You're nothing but a bunch of sidekicks! Why should I even pretend to take you seriously, if the League won't do the same for me, sending children to do a man's job." The man in a suit spat out at the seven teenagers tied up before him.
The Team had been assigned by Batman to gain information from a seemingly insignificant company with ties that led to the Light. Seven of the Team members had been designated as a distraction while Robin had been sent to get information from the company's database. Getting caught hadn't been a part of the plan, but it wasn't anything they couldn't handle, Robin mused as he snuck over the rafters of the company's rather large storage space. The man who was pacing in front of the Team hadn't been very smart with how he tied up the 'captives'. Using ordinary rope on those who had been trained by the world's best was not smart, no matter how strong it may be. Rope was rope. And to those who had been trained right, rope was twine. However, the man, who Robin now assumed was the owner of the company, had spared no expense with his security detail. At least two dozen henchmen were surrounding the area, with henchmen-class guns to boot.
The Team, however, seemed unfazed by the entire ordeal. Everyone was calmly waiting on the floor for a signal to break free. Robin was about ready to give said signal, but he decided to have a bit of fun with the uptight businessman instead. Hey, the mission wasn't specified to be covert. Robin mused to himself as he allowed his signature grin to cross his face.
Miss Martain, tell everyone that they'd better get ready. Robin said over the mental link. I think it's high time these guys learned what sidekicks are all about. He added in a mischievous voice as he quickly snatched up two thugs on the outer edge of the group with his grappling hook. A quick punch to the gut, and they were out.
Meanwhile, Miss Martian had obviously relayed Robin's message to the rest of the Team, who seemed willing to contribute. And, in good rookie bad guy fashion, the man in the suit hadn't gagged anyone.
"We're not sidekicks!" Kid Flash said loudly with a cocky tone. "I could beat you any day of the week."
The businessman quirked an eyebrow as he turned to face the Team full-on, not noticing as another handful of his security detail were disarmed and knocked out from seemingly out of nowhere. "Oh, really? The real Flash would have managed to put up a much greater fight than you all did combined. I have hired the best security team in the state to guard me and my business. Even the Flash himself wouldn't be able to stop me and what I'm planning."
"Which is?" Zatanna asked in a bored voice.
"Oh, tsk tsk. That's not how this works. Do you really think I would be stupid enough to tell you what I'm planning?"
"Oh, wow. You're going to let us live? Be careful, or you'll ruin your reputation." Artemis said with a roll of her eyes. The entrepreneur clenched his teeth at the young archer's dry comment. As he turned slightly away from the Team, Miss Martain's eyes flashed green as she telepathically slammed half a dozen thugs into a wall and moved them to a corner where they would be out of the way. The businessman spared a glance toward the area, but only barked out a "Stay alert," before turning back the teenaged vigilantes. He took a deep breath before continuing, not noticing how Artemis had taken an arrow from her quiver via her mouth, and tossed it over to Superboy, who, in turn, shoved it underneath the large crate he was positioned next to. The businessman noticed nothing.
Wow. Either this guy is really confident in his security detail, a complete idiot, or . . . Actually, that's all I'm gonna say for this guy. Confident to a fault, or a moron. Rocket said on the mental link.
Yeah. No kidding. That arrow's going to blow in one minute, so we'd better make this quick. It's not a huge explosive, but it could still do some damage. Artemis added.
Agreed. Aqualad said. It is time for this game to come to a close. Robin, have you finished with the detail?
Yep. These guys aren't feeling the aster. And won't for a few weeks to come. Robin said. Begin the actual plan.
"I'm going to sell you on the black market." The man in the suit said, not knowing what was going on in the minds of the eight minors. "I know some people, some super powered people, who would pay handsomely to have their pathetic sidekick returned. I can't imagine why. It seems to me that you only slow them down. What use do you hold? All you are good for is to wait as your mentors do all the heavy lifting, while you take notes, wishing that the impossible will happen, that you will one day become your mentors. Because that is all you have in this world. That is your place. To idolize while wearing outfits with certain symbols. You are nothing to me. Nothing. I don't even know what to call you, because you don't have enough worth for me to even call you sidekicks."
As the business man was speaking, Superboy pushed the crate with the explosive arrow jammed underneath far enough away so as not to hurt any of the Team members. The arrow exploded at the end of his speech, and the well-dressed man jumped in fear at the explosion. When he turned back around to face his captives, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped to see them standing, with the ropes that had been containing them at their feet.
It was then that Robin's laugh echoed throughout the building as he jumped down from a catwalk directly above the group, landing just in front of the Team. With a smile on his face and narrowed eyes that each member of the Team was mirroring, he spoke to the businessman who was becoming less shocked and more fearful every second as he took in his surroundings.
"Call us sidekicks. One more time."
That phrase has been in my head the past few days, so I had to write it down.
Thanks so much to all who reviewed! And thanks for the prompts. I'll confess that I just got into DC stuff a couple of months ago, so if you reference anything that's not from the show, I might have to do a bit of research to do your prompts justice, but I'll try my hardest! I'm trying to get my hands on every comic book I can, and I've discovered that Wikipedia and YouTube are going to be lifelong friends of mine, the way they keep helping me out with my research.
So far, I'm most knowledgeable about Batman. (If you can call it knowledge.) I've even seen the Christopher Nolan adaptations, which I loved. Speaking of which, I'd like to send a shout out to all of those who lost someone or was injured at the Dark Knight Rises premiere. I know it happened a month ago, but I still think about it often.
Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you liked it! Leave a prompt or two if ya wanna!
-Alex
