A/N: I'm back! I have a few ideas for this story. This is the first song. Enjoy and please review! The audience will be singing in this chapter and their lines will be bold and italic.
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Chapter 2: The heroes stand together
Every single one of the Young Justice team and their mentors had gotten a call to tell them to be at the 'Saving Metropolis Library' charity karaoke ball that Bruce Wayne and Oliver Queen had kindly funded.
Green Arrow was the first person to turn up dragging Red Arrow with him. Batman was the next superhero to turn up with Robin. This carried on for about half an hour before everyone had turned up.
The Justice League Big Seven and Young Justice went out to the screaming crowd. There was an audible roar as the heroes walked out on stage. There was a group of Green Arrow and Spe – I mean Red Arrow fans. They had signs proclaiming that they loved them. One even said 'Marry Me Speedy'. Roy blushed as Ollie laughed when he read this sign. Next to the Arrow fans, there was the Super clan. Thousands had turned out for this charity event. Every superhero had their own fan base from their respective cities. Kid Flash and The Flash were zooming around the Flash fan base signing autographs and all available body parts.
Superman walked up to the mike and cleared his throat. The whole arena went silent. "Hello, Metropolis Arena! We have all come together from different cities for a very good cause. We need to save Metropolis Library. It has been in Metropolis for generations and we hope that tonight we will be able to guarantee that it will be there for the generations after us." The audience clapped and hollered.
Green Arrow took the mike next. "Tonight we are going to be singing songs to raise money to stop the demolition of Metropolis Library. There is a ballot box at the front of the stage where you can deposit song requests. We hope you will also be kind enough to put some money in the jar next to it. It doesn't need to be a lot. Every little bit counts. Please enjoy your night. There may also be audience members singing."
One member of the audience screamed "Oh my God. Mum, did you hear that!"
Her mother then said:
"Jade, calm down." (A/N: Remember her.)
Batman took the mike next. "As Green Arrow has said there is a ballot box at the front of the stage. There is a pipe that comes off of that. This goes all the way backstage to a big bowl, where the song slips will end up."
Robin butted in. "We already have a song choice ready for you to hear…"
Speedy carried on (1). "Some of you may already know this song. Please sing along if you do. It's called 'When We Stand Together' by Nickelback."
The JL and YJ nodded to the DJ and the music started. Robin and Speedy shared a look and a small smile graced their faces. The audience screamed as they recognized the song.
Speedy jumped in for the first verse:
One more depending on a prayer
And we all look away
People pretending everywhere
It's just another day
As he sang he thought about how he used to be one of those people.
Batman and Robin shared a sad smile as they jumped in with the second verse.
There's bullets flying through the air
And they still carry on
We watch it happen over there
And then just turn it off
When they were singing the audience could hear their anguish and plenty of people were already crying.
Bruce and Dick were both thinking of their parents as they sang and they nearly choked up.
Alfred, who was watching the broadcast in the Manor, had a sad smile on his face as he watched them singing.
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
The heroes sang the chorus together.
We must stand together
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
There's no giving in
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Hand in hand forever
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
That's when we all win
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
That's, that's, that's when we all win
That's, that's, that's when we all win
YJ had the next verse.
They tell us everything's alright
And we just go along
How can we fall asleep at night?
When something's clearly wrong.
As they were singing the sidekicks all thought about how they had just blindly followed their mentors without even questioning it. Speedy and Robin were especially bitter about this.
Batman and Green Arrow started the next verse. (A/N: for obvious reasons ;))
When we could feed a starving world
With what we throw away
But all we serve are empty words
That always taste the same
As they were singing GA and Batman thought about how the public saw their counterparts. They shared a look and a small smile graced their faces.
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
The heroes started singing:
We must stand together
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
There's no giving in
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Hand in hand forever
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
That's when we all win
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
That's, that's, that's when we all win
That's, that's, that's when we all win
The JL sang the second to last verse with vigor while YJ clapped in between lines.
The right thing to guide us
Clap
Is right here, inside us
Clap
No one can divide us
Clap
When the light is nearly gone
Clap
But just like a heartbeat
Clap
The drumbeat carries on
YJ finally sang again
And the drumbeat carries on
(Just like a heartbeat)
As the last verse started all the heroes could hear was one person that drowned out the whole crowd.
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We must stand together
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
There's no giving in
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Hand in hand forever
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
That's when we all win
(Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
That's, that's, that's when we all win
That's, that's, that's when we all win
The audience clapped and screamed as the heroes went backstage. Jade smiled as they went because she had noticed the secret glances between Speedy and Robin and Batman and Green Arrow. She knew the perfect songs for them.
"Mum, I'm gonna place some song slips into the ballot box." She told her mother.
As she wrote the slips out she smiled as she thought about what their faces would look like. As an afterthought she put four pound coins in the money jar. If I want a chance at becoming a superhero then I need to think about other people instead of just me. She thought to herself.
Backstage, four new slips of paper came through to the bowl. Superman picked one up. He unfolded it.
"The next song is for Batman. You're going to be singing 'The Queen And I' by Gym Class Heroes."
A/N: There is the second chapter. The third chapter will not be posted until I get a song for the fourth chapter. First come, first served unless I believe it doesn't relate to the character chosen.
(1) Red Arrow will be referred to as Speedy in this story.