Hi people! I'm glad for the results of first chapter! Glad it was of your liking, although I don't know if it will continue like that since this story is supposed to have a darker tone… or maybe not, who knows. At any rate, if I take long to update this one (Not weekly but every two weeks), then I'm sorry, but my main project is: "Those Who Ride the Lighting." I will try to be as fast as I can with the updates of Teen Tyrants, but well, it's not my only project, so see ya next time. Also, those who know me know I like to answer to reviews in public:
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Prologue:
Unknown Location. May 09, year 2004.
"Kid Flash to Red Robin, do you copy, Red Robin?" Kid Flash asked to his communicator and while inside the computer room of the H.I.V.E. headquarters, where he was opening a transition to Tyrant's Tower. "See-More have been keeping an eye on me the whole time. But regardless of how much he fears me, that fool needs to sleep, while I only need three hours of rest to recover all my stamina." Kid Flash continued speaking to his communicator, until the H.I.V.E. control panel showed on its screen a Teen Tyrant's logo, and a window was opened, revealing the face of a Teen Tyrant dressed in red and wearing a black cape with yellow interiors. His face mask was black with red eye-holes. His hair was adorned in a tomahawk-style, and there was a sinister smile drawn on his lips. "It is a safe frequency. Cyberion gave me some nice gadgets to open an undetected communication line. It can't be tracked. It would take Gizmo years to even know I hacked his computers.
"I do hope your waking me up is worth it." Red Robin mentioned. "I torment my victims at night, but this, is far too early for you to wake me up." The leader of the Teen Tyrants complained. "What intel you got? Where are their headquarters located?" Red Robin asked, and the quality of the image began fading. "There is interference, a firewall perhaps?"
"No… all my gadgets have been failing from time to time. It's like entering a tunnel every five seconds." Kid Flash explained. "I tried looking all around the building. I couldn't find an exit. I couldn't even find a single window that can give me an idea of how to get out of here. Their secret lair is well hidden. There aren't even coordinates in their computers. Everything is codified in binary system, you know, ones and ceros. That Gizmo is smart, not Cyberion kind of smart, but smart. If you take him down, the H.I.V.E. is doomed. He is all the brains here."
"I can see that. I can't hack into your frequency. Their encrypting is too sophisticated… maybe if I deliver this to Cyberion he may decipher it, but that would blow your cover." And Kid Flash nodded in agreement. "Any intel about their relationship with the Brotherhood of Justice?" Red Robin wondered.
"They aren't joining the battle." Kid Flash replied. "All I know is Slade is their leader, and recently he sent Billy Numerous to be trained under their wing. Other than that, they were trying to hack the Teen Tyrant's communicators to know your exact location all around the world. I stopped them of course. Everything points toward them staying as the backup plan."
"And it points toward something bigger than that." And Kid Flash raised an eyebrow. "If Slade Wilson sent a recruit to them, then it can only mean the H.I.V.E. is a club of graduated heroes… everything points at there being a H.I.V.E. academy somewhere. There have been a massive increase of heroes lately, and they are better trained than before."
"A school for heroes? Please. We would have noticed it already. You are just being paranoiac." And Red Robin crossed his arms in annoyance. "Ok, fine, I will shut up, great leader." And Red Robin nodded. "Once I find the location of their headquarters, I will mail it to you… but what do I do with the Brotherhood of Justice? I can't escape Jinx. She placed a spell on me!" He mentioned while showing his ungloved hand and the mark to Red Robin, who then rubbed his chin and took a picture of it. "Any idea?"
"I will ask Red Raven, but it won't be easy. She is in an awful mood lately. Something about losing an important book." And Kid Flash raised an eyebrow. "She didn't even allow me to be lovely with her. Dude, she is really mad." He admitted.
"Really? Harsh!" Kid Flash mentioned. "I will keep on with the investigation. I will try to find their weaknesses and send them to you. I suppose I won't be there for the final attack to the Brotherhood of Justice, but I managed to find something cool when that stupid of Gizmo tried to infiltrate the Teen Tyrants computers. He was sending the intel to the Brotherhood of Justice, and when I knocked him down, the channel was still open, I know their exact location." And Red Robin smiled while Kid Flash sent him the coordinates. "Am I good or not?"
"Of course not!" Red Robin added, and Kid Flash grew worried. "You are the worst there ever will be. The Crime Syndicate will know about this. I'm sure they will even think about giving you membership. I heard from Owlman that they are trying to recruit you or Johnny Quick in replacement of your mentor. That is if you claim the Flash costume." Red Robin informed.
"Out of the question. I hate that man with all my heart." And Red Robin nodded. "Tell the Crime Syndicate that I will think about joining them once I become my own villain. I'm never wearing the Flash costume." And Red Robin remained in silence. "We will keep in touch. Oh… and if you make fun of my new red and yellow heroic costume Jinx had been working on all night, I smack your smile toward Bludhaven." And Red Robin smiled and cut the transmission, and Kid Flash was left in deep thoughts. "So… the Crime Syndicate thinks I got what it takes to be the Flash?" He wondered. "Right… but to be the Flash, or surpass him, I need to do worse than him… for starters, I revealed the location of the Brotherhood of Evil headquarters on Paris… if I find the heroic school Red Robin mentioned, and bring it down myself… I will not only be as evil as the Flash… I will surpass him… neat…" And Kid Flash then rushed back to his room.
Teen Titans Spin-Off Series: H.I.V.E.
Volume Two: Crouch City.
"Morning-time prince charming. Here at the H.I.V.E. we wake up early." Jinx mentioned while opening the door toward Kid Flash's imprisonment room. Only to notice he was awake and full of dirt, which forced Jinx to laugh hard at him. "You didn't really think I was just going to give you a room without the needed precautions, didn't you?" She mentioned while entering the room with one of her cheerful smiles drawn on her face. Drone 001 to Queen Bee. Open the hatched, Queen Bee." She mentioned. And suddenly Kid Flash felt the whole building shaking. The metal made walls seemed to be moving, they were actually sliding down what seemed to be an armored window at Kid Flash's room, there were still walls, but before the metal began sliding down, Kid Flash hadn't noticed his room had a window. The window revealed dark sand, like the one that is found when digging too much.
"So there was ground behind the walls." Kid Flash mentioned. "That explains why I couldn't vibrate myself out of here. Everywhere I moved to there was ground." He added upon noticing the dangerous situation he was at when vibrating himself through an endless wall of dirt. "And that explains the interference in my gadgets." He whispered to himself, and then faced Jinx. "We are underground." He concluded.
"That's only half of it. The rooms are metal-armored to allow us to have some privacy, but the bridge is all armored-crystal for us to see the whole city clearly." And Kid Flash faced Jinx oddly. "Follow me, evil-doer. Drone 001 to Queen Bee. I'm heading to the bridge. Begin descending, Queen Bee." Jinx added, and the whole building began shaking once again, and Kid Flash just followed her toward the elevators. There were elevators outside every room. Kid Flash never used them of course. "Let me guess, you were trapped in the A-Wing all night trying to find your way out, clever." She made fun of him.
"A-Wing?" And Jinx smiled at him. "It's not like you gave me a tour around your secret lair, lady. What is A-Wing?" And Jinx giggled, and then she pointed at the elevator's control panel. "It's shaped like an H? You people got an issue with the H. Although I can't complain, I lived inside a T-shaped building." And Kid Flash faced the board. There were 7 floors at one side of the H-like control panel. The floors were labeled from A-1 to A-7. Kid Flash's new room was at A-7, the top floor of the tower. The elevator stopped at A-4.
"From A-1 to A-7, it is called the A-Wing." Jinx began with the explanation while pressing the closed door button of the elevator, trying not to break the surprise. "I'm sure you ran all night not finding an exit." And Kid Flash faced her in annoyance. "A-7 is your room, below at A-6 is Billy's one. A-5 is Kyd Wykkyd's. A-4 is the bridge." And Kid Flash placed little attention to the explanation, since he had already visited those floors the night before. A-3 is See-More's room. A-2 is the computer room. A-1 is the Boiler Room." And then she pointed at the bridge. "This is the bridge. It connects A-4 with B-4, and with the other building." And Kid Flash was surprised to know Jinx would place so much trust in him, who was a villain. "At B-Wing there are also seven floors. B-7 at the top is my room." And Kid Flash smiled, and Jinx flinched. "That's off you limits!" She blushed. "B-6 is Mammoth's room. B-5 is Gizmo's. B-4, again, is the bridge. B-3 is the meeting room… which is our socializing room. The kitchen is also there. B-2 is Gizmo's workshop, and B-1 is the gym." And Kid Flash stared at Jinx, forcing her to blush. "Any Questions?" She asked out of nervousness.
"Only one…" He began. "Why the hell are you telling me all this? I don't care." He informed, and Jinx breathed out in defeat. "I'm your enemy. Nothing you say will change my mind. And I swear to you I will find a way to erase this damn mark, and when I do, I will destroy this not so secret lair." And Jinx moved her head in negation.
"You really have no idea of how hard it is to escape the H-Bunker." She informed, and then opened the elevator's door. "Welcome to the bridge." She mentioned, and Kid Flash faced the room. They were now inside of a long corridor with armored-windows instead of walls. And dirt seemed to be moving up, although in reality, they were heading down, the whole building was. "Oh, we aren't there yet. Wait for it." She mentioned with a cheerful smile. "Almost there." And Kid Flash crossed his arms in annoyance. "Here we are." She mentioned, and suddenly a strong light hit Kid Flash's face, blinding him momentarily. And when he was finally able to fix the view, he faced Jinx in annoyance. "Welcome to Crouch City." She informed, and moved aside so Kid Flash could have a better look of what Jinx was trying to show him.
"For the love of speed. What the hell is this?" He exclaimed and rubbed his eyes. The building was still moving down slowly, but it was enough for Kid Flash to stare at it all in awe. Below the bridge, there was an underground city, illuminated by a crystal-like golden hive faking an artificial sun at the tallest place of a dome-like sphere of metal. Below it, the bubble-like dome surrounded a small underground city. And the H-Bunker was suspended in the air where the bubble was over and the earth began. "Ho-ho-how is this even possible? Crouch City?"
"The opposite to Jump City." Jinx mentioned with sadness evident in the tone of her voice. "Crouch City is the first project of Mr. Wilson for creating a free world." And Kid Flash blinked twice at that last. "Crouch City is roughly populated by a few hundreds. But everyone here shares something in common. We are people who believe the world can change. People who believe there is a better way." And Kid Flash noticed almost everyone at Crouch City was poor, but worked hard in artificial farms powered by artificial posts faking a sunlight. There were power generators everywhere as well, and many scientists walking at the muddy streets. "They survive with the charity of the habitants of the outside world." Jinx continued with the explanation. "They are mostly scientists and their families. Sometimes we rescue orphans and homeless from Jump City and bring them here to work at the farms. They are all working hard, and sometimes it feels they work so hard in a selfish project. The H.I.V.E. Academy Project."
"The H.I.V.E. Academy Project?" Kid Flash wondered and then saw a huge dome-like structure in the middle of the city. It had an H-shaped logo surrounded in a hexagon. And so, Kid Flash knew he had found the school of heroes Red Robin was talking about. "An underground city… working for the sole purpose of creating heroes… that's why we could never find you. Everything was underground. Our gadgets couldn't reach these depths." And Jinx nodded. "But also… hundreds of people, living underground against the Teen Tyrants… it's…"
"Madness?" Jinx added, and Kid Flash faced her. "It may be… but these people, the ones we see from the bridge… they all share something in common… they have hope in Brother Sebastian and Mr. Wilson… they have hope in the H.I.V.E. project… enough to allow us to live surrounded by luxury, while they break their backs working for our food, and for the school to have everything it needs to graduate new heroes… here in the H.I.V.E. we are the first generation of graduates… and we will return to them their trust in us." And Kid Flash was surprised. "The others already went bellow… it's Sunday, I go to church. Want to join me?" She asked.
"I'm a criminal. You know I don't care about all this nonsense." And Jinx lowered her head depressed. "You are just giving me tools. I can think about hundreds of different ways to destroy this city. A flood. Seismic disruptors implanted to bury the city alive. Drills. A bomb. Or I could search around the seismic plates for a magma river and burn these sorry losers to their tombs." And Jinx's lips opened wide at such horrible thoughts. "You are better trapping me here and starving me as See-More suggested. The horrible things I would do to these people are even beyond your imagination. Are you willing to take that risk?"
"Just a second. I still can't erase the horrible images from my mind." Jinx added and rubbed her forehead. "But regardless your ruthless words, I doubt you are able to do all that." And Kid Flash crossed his arms in annoyance. "For starters, you accepted it was better to keep you trapped than allowing you to do all that. You got a kind heart. You are just a pride-full idiot." And Kid Flash faced her with hatred. "Maybe Brother Sebastian will be able to change you." She began. "Drone 001 to Queen Bee. Open boom-tube technology to Crouch City." Jinx mentioned, and suddenly a loud boom was heard, and the floor was replaced by a pink vortex of light which swallowed them both. "Boom tube technology hurts a little, so be ready." She mentioned, and then she was swallowed by the light.
"Woah! This is just like the Crime Syndicates teleport-technology!" He complained. And in just a fraction of a second, he fell on top of a trash-container in the middle of a hallway of Crouch City. "Ouch! That felt… horrible… are all my internal organs intact…? Because I feel I can throw out my lungs." Kid Flash added. His face even went as green as his costume was. "Ught… I think I want to throw out…" He added and then swallowed hard.
"…Boom tube is Lex Corp's invention…" Jinx added weakly. "Get used to it… it actually never gets any better… there are many flaws in the code of the boom tube… there is even a risk of getting stuck inside the vortex… Mammoth was once trapped inside for a couple of weeks until Gizmo finally took him out." And Kid Flash tried to stand up dizzily with no luck. "Sometimes the spinning of my head won't stop until a few minutes have passed… follow me." She added. And then she walked as a drunkard around Crouch City. Some children noticed her and went to play with her only to end up getting her dizzy and forcing her to her knees and to cover her mouth trying not to throw out. "Ught… give me a minute."
"I can't believe you nitwits captured me." Kid Flash mentioned now more relaxed. After all, his internal metabolism helped him recover fast. "What a pathetic place." And a kid ran toward Kid Flash wanting to play with him, but Kid Flash yelled hard at the kid, who ended running away and with tears in his eyes. "Get out of my site you dwarves! Because when I get angry, I get green and big and eat kids for breakfast!" And all the kids ran away. "I hate kids!"
"Aww… that had to be the most horrible thing anyone had ever done to a kid." Jinx added with teary eyes, and Kid Flash just smiled proudly at such declaration. "But I'm not giving up on you. I swear I never will." And Kid Flash felt disgusted when hearing that last.
"Who was the one bullying you, kid? I will squash him!" Both then heard a voice, and then they felt the rumbling of someone storming to where they were at. It was Mammoth, and he was furious. But upon seeing Kid Flash was the responsible of the kid's tears, he backed off scared. "Oh oh." He mentioned and then faced the kid. "Sorry kiddo, I'm not getting in his way." Mammoth continued. And the kids all faced Mammoth with teary eyes. "Aw man! Don't cry kiddos! I will buy you all some chocolates!"
"Mammoth is like a big brother to all the kids of Crouch City." Jinx explained, and Kid Flash then stared at Mammoth in disbelief when he saw him piggy-back all the kids and run with them all around the city. "Kids barely got any diversion here. So Mammoth always plays with them. He always finds a way to place a smile in their faces." And Jinx began walking away, and Kid Flash faced Mammoth in annoyance one last time before following her. "You may be a stone heart, but you got to admit it is warm to see happiness in the faces of children. Especially when they grow up in a place like this one." She mentioned, and Kid Flash made a mockery.
"Those kids will be chomped alive when they grow up." And Jinx faced Kid Flash in disbelief. "They should be fighting for what they believe in. Growing some spine so when the time comes…" He began and then kicked a random Goth-boy hard in the stomach, worrying Jinx a lot. "They can stand against whoever bullies them… what are you going to do about me kicking you, emo?" And Jinx rudely pushed Kid Flash away and helped the hurt teen up.
"That wasn't nice!" She complained, and Kid Flash smiled evilly. "There are different ways to 'grow some spine'. Some of us DO fight. But it is to protect the weak. The world would be horrible if everyone did as they wanted." And Jinx helped the teen to sit by the floor and apologized to him. "Let's go, there is a lot to see before we go to the surface." She explained and continued walking, although there was an annoyed look drawn on her face, which she quickly swallowed. "Gizmo works at the academy at mornings. I'm not taking you there, not until I know I can trust you. Kyd Wyykyd also spends his mornings there. He got a girlfriend there I think, but well, he never mentions her, not that he can." And Kid Flash rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Billy Numerous is the hard working one, he is everywhere around the city doing deliveries of supplies. Problem is, that since he multiplies a lot, well, usually…" And then a couple of teens crashed in the middle of the city, and vegetables were launched all around the place. "He messes things up." She mentioned, and Kid Flash faced two teens wearing jeans and white shirt. At each shirt there was a different number, in this case, 3 and 12, and he wore his already trademark glasses. "Billy?"
"Watch where you are walking, Billy! You made me throw my supplies!" Billy complained in his civilian clothes. "Where I'm walking? You watch where YOU are walking!" The other Billy complained. "It was your fault, Billy! Now I will have to ask Billy to give me more supplies, and you know how Billy is when you ask him for more supplies." The Billy with the number 3 added. "Yeah, he is an idiot, Billy. Good thing I'm not him." Billy number 12 mentioned, and then a third Billy with a number five on his chest walked past them. "We are him, Billy." He mentioned and walked away. "Billy, you just called Billy an idiot." Concluded a fourth one and then walked while helping an old lady to cross the road. "That makes us all idiots, Billy." And Billy number 3 and 12 both lowered their heads.
"If they keep doing that I'm going to start calling myself Billy too." Kid Flash mentioned, and Jinx giggled at his words. "What's his story?" And then she flinched and moved her head in negation. "Seriously. He can't be that much of an idiot, can he?" And Jinx bit her lips in fear. "What? You want to convince me into turning into a do-gooder, and you don't explain your motivations to me? I find it hard to believe."
"We all have a dark past." Jinx mentioned while watching both Billies picking up the supplies. "Some of us got some darker ones… Billy's past, you are better not knowing." And Kid Flash was surprised. "When the time comes, and we are able to trust you… I'm sure Billy will be more than glad about telling you… we all will… until then… please don't ask." And that only built up Kid Flash's curiosity, and the whole time he just faced the weird multiplied teen with curiosity.
"I don't get it. How can someone this stupid, have such a disturbing past?" And Jinx lowered her head but still tried to smile for him. "You are all a bunch of weirdoes. A gorilla with no spine at all, a dwarf-nerd, the mindless one-man army, the not so Goth boy, and the Cyclops who thinks he can be a leader when it is obvious he is not." And Jinx then stood in front of Kid Flash with a smile on her face, waiting to hear what he was going to tell to her. "You are the only sane one here. But let's face it. You don't have what it takes to lead this team."
"Ouch." She mentioned. "Maybe you are right." She admitted. "But I'm not giving up… now, come… we are going to be late for the sermon." Jinx explained and then pulled Kid Flash inside a church with blue walls and beautiful carvings of angels. The place was crowded, but people was already walking away. After all, the sermon was already over. "Ow! We are late! I never miss Brother Sebastian's sermons! Not fair!" She complained and walked inside of the church, pulling Kid Flash inside with her. "Brother Sebastian!" She yelled. And a white haired man with a kind smile at the other side of the church and wearing a monk's white robe, smiled for the girl and made a reverence. "Brother! I'm sorry for being late!" She began.
"Everything is fine, sister." The man added. "I can see you didn't force See-More into the church this time. Instead you bring someone whose soul is so dark he is currently thinking about seven hundred different ways to kill me with his speed." And Kid Flash backed off. "And yes. This is like the Sith-Lord mind trick." Brother Sebastian added while moving his hand in front of Kid Flash as in one of the movies the teen enjoyed to watch.
"Brother Sebastian can read your mind. So I suggest you don't have perverted thoughts or he will…" But Jinx was unable to finish, since Brother Sebastian was now pulling Kid Flash's ear hard but with his eternal smile drawn on his face. "Do that…" She mentioned. And Brother Sebastian then released Kid Flash, who rubbed his ear hard. "What were you thinking about anyway you pervert?" She yelled and covered her body.
"Not very pleasant thoughts." Brother Sebastian replied, and Jinx blushed out of embarrassment and backed off, only to end with Brother Sebastian also pulling her ear hard. "Sister Jinx. Those thoughts are inappropriate for someone like you." And Jinx nodded several times in agreement, and then Brother Sebastian released her ear, which she began rubbing hard. "I sense hatred in your heart. Its red shadow corrupts your soul. But you are not truly evil. Not yet. It will be an honor to try to help you into the light."
"Into… the light…?" And then Kid Flash burst into a strong laughter. "That had to be the worst speech ever! Where do you learn your speeches, from movies?" And Brother Sebastian just smiled. "Please. I spit in your effort, old man."
"Then, by all means, do so please." And Kid Flash raised an eyebrow at that last. "But before you leave, please return the money you stole from our urns. It is for those in need of it." And Jinx then faced Kid Flash, and rudely forced her hands into his pockets and took the money out and delivered it to Brother Sebastian. "He is truly a black sheep in the green fields of God. But is no one who can't be changed. I wish you luck in your mission."
"Thank you." Jinx replied. "We are moving to the surface now. I'm not going to take him to Mr. Wilson unless I know he is ready and can be trusted. Knowing he can be changed was enough to give me hope." And Brother Sebastian made a reverence toward her, which she returned kindly. "I will not disappoint you." She informed, and then took her communicator out. "Drone 001 to Queen Bee. Ready Boom-tube number 2 for H.I.V.E. Academy. Drone 001 to the Colony. Everyone, meet me outside of the academy." And Jinx began walking away. "Let's go… we are moving to the surface." And Kid Flash bit his lips in hatred. He loathed been ordered around.
"That spell in your hand is really dangerous." Brother Sebastian mentioned before Kid Flash could walk away. "Jinx doesn't know it… but I trained her, and I know how unpredictable the forces of chaos she commands are. Use it once, and the chaos energy will work as a magnet in you. Everything will go wrong. Use it twice, and your own body will start failing you. Your mind will start playing out tricks on you. And if you use it a third time… the consequences could be far from being enjoyable… do not force her to use the marks… or at least… don't use the third one." And Kid Flash backed off scared of Brother Sebastian. "She got no idea of the kind of spell she just used…" He informed, and Kid Flash just ignored him and rushed out of the church. "But you do know now… and that is enough for the moment."
"What took you so long?" Jinx complained upon waiting for Kid Flash outside of the church. "Seriously, for someone so fast, you are a little slow sometimes." She informed, and Kid Flash bit his lips in hatred against her. "We are heading to the H.I.V.E. academy. There are only three Boom-tube portals. One at H-bunker. Another one outside of the H.I.V.E. Academy. And a third one inside the factory." And Kid Flash then faced a giant factory at the farthest eastern section of Crouch City. "No one knows what happens there but Mr. Wilson and Brother Sebastian. I was personally ordered by Mr. Wilson never to allow anyone from the H.I.V.E. inside either. If you try, then I will cast one of the marks." And Kid Flash flinched while remembering Brother Sebastian's words, but then he blinked twice.
"I'm not a member of the H.I.V.E." He informed, and then Jinx delivered an H-communicator to him. "You are joking, right?" And Jinx rudely took his hand and delivered the communicator to him. "You are not joking." He continued, and Jinx smiled for him. "You are committing a big mistake. You really don't want to have anything to do with someone like me."
"I will deal with the consequences." She informed. "Welcome to the H.I.V.E. You are now known by Queen Bee as Drone 007. Welcome to the Colony." She informed and then walked him toward the H.I.V.E. Academy, outside of which all her teammates where waiting for their leader to arrive. "See-More! You left me all alone you brute! I told you to wake me up for Brother Sebastian's sermon!" She complained, and See-More just smiled for her. "Where were you anyway? You weren't toying around with the other girls, were you?"
"Of course not! Eye only got an eye for you babe!" See-More added cheerfully, and Kid Flash made a mockery. "Got any problem?" And Kid Flash smiled evilly and asked him to come and get him, but Jinx got in their way.
"Order! No fighting with the Colony!" Jinx added, and both Kid Flash and See-More closed their arms in annoyance and turned around. "Anyway. Colony! Before going to the surface, let me introduce to Crouch City the newest member of the H.I.V.E." And Billy stuck his chest out proudly. "Not you. Kid Flash." And everyone faced Jinx with concern, and Kid Flash showed the communicator to them evilly. "Let's try to work as a team here." She mentioned, and then entered a hexagonal-like red crystal area by the floor outside of the academy. "H.I.V.E. Drones, Swarm!" She added, and they all got ready inside of the hexagon. "Queen Bee! Begin transport to surface!" And then the hexagon let out the loud boom sound, and swallowed the group.
Jump City, San Francisco. District Five.
"Aaaaah!" Kid Flash yelled, same as the entire group upon reaching Jump City and falling from a few meters and hitting the muddy ground of an alley. "Ouch!" He complained, and then dodged all the members of the H.I.V.E. as they landed abruptly at his side, but upon seeing Jinx falling as well, he instinctively caught her, but quickly placed her down not wanting to look as a hero to her eyes. He then dodged Billy, but then a second one fell on top of him. "Hey! You people need to fix the damn Boom-tube landing coordinates!" He yelled, then stood up, and kicked Billy away from him. "Seriously people!" And then he felt the pain in his stomach, and his face went green.
"We have tried, barf-head!" Gizmo complained, but then he ran toward the trash container at the alley and threw out there. "I shouldn't have said barf! I really shouldn't…ught!" And he continued throwing out, forcing all the Billies to make a mockery of that last.
"Everyone feeling well?" Jinx added while covering her mouth. "Ught… because I'm not… five minutes to recover." And she sat down at the muddy floor. And See-More, worried about her, sat by her side and began rubbing her arms trying to help her relax. "Thank you, honey."
"Kyd Wykked says he is fine." Mammoth mentioned while facing Kyd Wyyked, who was moving his hands in sign language, which apparently Mammoth could understand perfectly. "I'm fine too! Iron stomach here!" He added proudly, and Kyd Wykked then cheerfully gave him a thumbs-up. "So, what's the mission? Or do we wait for Gizmo to stop throwing out."
"We aren't invading the Teen Tyrant's headquarters again, are we, Billy?" A Billy mentioned, and the other one began throwing out next to Gizmo. "I don't know! Talk to Billy!" And he multiplied, and a third Billy cleaned his lips. "We are not, Billy. Billy snuck into Jinx's room and read the files." And then he multiplied. "I did Billy! Found the pink undies!" Yelled the fourth Billy.
"You entered my room?" Jinx yelled in annoyance, and all four Billies hugged one another in fear. "And what the hell were you doing searching for my underwear?" And the four Billies just smiled oddly.
"We were playing truth or dare!" Billy defended himself. "Yeah! It was Billy's idea!" A second one mentioned. "It's not my fault Billy always picks dare! He is dare-Billy after all!" And the fourth Billy replied. "That's true Billy!" And Jinx just slapped her own forehead hard.
"Brainless idiots." Spoke Kid Flash out of annoyance and while giving his back to his now new teammates. "I will enjoy seeing how epic you fail in this… whatever we are doing." And Jinx crossed her arms in disapproval to his words. "Face it. Your team is a bunch of losers. If the Crime Syndicate wanted, you would all be done for by now."
"Well, we are lucky Owlman is too busy keeping Gotham City under his vigilance as to care about us low-rates." Jinx mentioned. "Here is the mission." She informed while taking her notes out, and Kid Flash made fun of how unprepared this team was. "As you all know, Lex Luthor is competing for the presidency of the United States." And Kid Flash was then surprised when he heard that last. "His popularity is good. But sadly, the Crime Syndicate isn't going to allow Mr. Luthor to reach the presidency. They are trying to murder him." And Kid Flash went serious. "As for some background story, the other contestant to the presidency, Bruce Wayne, is currently on the top of the favoritism of the society. But we know better, the Crime Syndicate is inspiring fear in the citizens. Lex Luthor promised a special police force to fight against the Crime Syndicate, and return the world to the people. His presidency strategy is risky, and the Crime Syndicate wants to silence him." And everyone nodded. "If they 'silence' Mr. Luthor, then the Crime Syndicate will prove they are the only authority, and the elections will be nothing but a charade to distract the attention of the citizens. But at least we know that two of the Teen Tyrants will try to murder him. We suspect of Red Robin and Cyberion."
"Wrong." Kid Flash added. And everyone faced him. "Red Robin and Cyberion are the key subjects in bringing the Brotherhood of Justice down at France. The one supposed to murder Lex Luthor, was me." And Jinx was surprised to hear that last. "I am with the Teen Tyrants as an honorary member. It was my mission to take care of Lex Luthor upon his arrival, and I'm wondering. Now that you know… maybe I should stop you." And everyone got ready for a battle that never came. "Still, I was in charge of the mission of course. But I told Red Robin I didn't like killing. I was only going as the decoy, not that he needs a decoy. Lex Luthor is going to be killed by a sniper." And Jinx widened her eyes.
"Arsenal!" She yelled discovering the identity of the sniper. And Kid Flash nodded in agreement. "The place Lex Luthor is going to give his speech at is at the Central Park of District Five here at Jump City. He is open to an attack from every direction!" And Kid Flash nodded once again. "H.I.V.E. Drones! Split up! Search every building around Central Park! Bring the sniper down!" And everyone nodded and ran away. Mammoth jumped to the top of a building and began jumping from one to the other one in search of the sniper. Gizmo activated his bat-wings and flew his way. Kyd Wykked just disappeared and re-appeared on top of various buildings. Billy just split into multiple Billies, and each called a taxi and set out all around the park. See-More and Jinx just stayed behind and faced Kid Flash.
"You won't arrive on time. The baldy is about to have his brains turned inside out." Kid Flash mentioned, and Jinx and See-More exchanged looks. "You can try all you want. I know how powerful the spell you placed on me is. But there is nothing you can do to force me to help you. Lex Luthor is a danger to the Crime Syndicate. If he reaches presidency, he will be a powerful stone on their boots." And Jinx moved her head in negation.
"You know where the sniper is! Please help us!" She begged. And Kid Flash yawned, reflecting he didn't care. "Listen… the reason the Brotherhood of Evil decided to leave us out of the mission at France, was to keep Mr. Luthor alive. We all know how important his survival is. He can help us change the world into a better place. But he won't be able to from inside of a grave." And Kid Flash rudely opened his hand and closed it, mimicking the movement of Jinx's lips with it.
"Save it, Lucky. He will never change. He is nothing but a disgusting criminal." See-More added. "Let's go. We have a future president to save." And See-More inflated his eye until he began floating, and then he offered his hand to Jinx, who faced him, then at Kid Flash, and then accepted See-More's help. "We will find a way to reach Mr. Luthor in time." And she nodded, and See-More began floating away with Jinx in his arms.
"Now that… was nasty." Kid Flash mentioned. "I supposed now I'm free to rush to Tyrants Tower since Jinx isn't messing around with me. My only worry is this damn mark." And Kid Flash gave it some thoughts while taking his glove off and seeing the mark. "The attack to the Brotherhood of Justice already began. It was scheduled for today since Luthor's speech would win the attention of the media all around the world while the Teen Tyrants and the Crime Syndicate destroyed the Brotherhood of Justice. And if Luthor dies then it is epic win to us." And then Kid Flash rushed to the top of a building and faced Tyrants Tower at the distance. "…Umm… yet… now that I have seen Crouch City… Slade got more power than we have suspected. To create an underworld city, and have that much technology to his disposal, including the Boom-tube one… maybe I am underestimating the H.I.V.E. They may be a great danger. And there is a whole school of new recruits ready to take their place if they fail… priorities, what is the priority? If Luthor dies the Crime Syndicate will win… but… if I save Luthor, then the H.I.V.E. will trust me, and they will take me to Mr. Wilson. And once I know where Mr. Wilson is, and hack into his computers, I will have the exact coordinates of Crouch City. Both the H.I.V.E. and Crouch City will fall, and Mr. Wilson would be executed by the Crime Syndicate for sure… umm… it's hard been a villain…" And then there was a moment of silence. "The elections are in November anyway. Plenty of time to try to murder Lex Luthor again. Oh, I'm dying to see Arsenal's face when I save him." And with the decision taken, Kid Flash jumped down the building and began running through its walls. "Funny, I have five seconds to find him and stop his arrow. Piece of cake." And his race began.
There was not even a single doubt in his heart. He wasn't doing this because it was the right thing to do. He didn't even believe in Jinx's efforts to change him. All he wanted to do was to be a great criminal. And he knew there were no greater criminals, that those who fooled everyone into believing he was a hero, only to shatter their hopes hard in the end. Only thinking about it placed a smile on his face. He rushed past Mammoth as he jumped from a building to the other one, and stuck his tongue out a Gizmo while he flew around too slowly for him. He saw Kyd Wykked materializing next to him, and found Billy arguing with his taxi drive once reaching the park, where Lex Luthor was already giving a speech to the citizens of Jump City, and about to be murdered. In the end, he saw a red arrow being launched, and he speeded past it with ease and stood in front of Lex Luthor just as he was finishing his speech, and in the blink of an eye, or way faster than that, he caught the red arrow only inches away from Lex's forehead.
"The United States will not fear the Crime Syndicate!" Luthor yelled, and then noticed Kid Flash and the red arrow he had caught. "What the devil!" Lex Luthor yelled. The security officers all pointed their guns toward Kid Flash. "You are Kid Flash! Aren't you with the Teen Tyrants?"
"Nah… I work with some bee-guys now days." Kid Flash explained, and delivered the arrow to Lex Luthor, who then understood Kid Flash had just saved his life. The citizens of Jump City then faced Kid Flash in awe. A criminal had saved Lex Luthor. "It's time for a change! The Crime Syndicate will not shut us up any further! Arsenal of the Teen Tyrants! Launch as many arrows as you want you coward. I will stop them all." He threatened, and then a rain of arrows fell from the sky. "Clever. Even if you were using a machine-gun this would be nothing." He mentioned and trapped all the arrows and launched them back using only the force of his speed-throwing. Suddenly, everyone heard a yell, and from a nearby tree, Arsenal, one of the Teen Tyrants, fell down with an arrow stuck at his shoulder. "Got ya!" Kid Flash yelled, and everyone chanted his name in surprise and excitement when finding out Kid Flash was the hero, even when it was all a fake. "Who else came with you, Arsenal? Changelling? Blackfire? Tempest?"
"Right… gill-head tagged along." Arsenal mentioned, and then a nearby fountain exploded, and a torrent of water tried to kill Lex Luthor. But Kid Flash rushed to his side, carried him, and ran him toward safety while everyone at the park ran away in terror. "How dare you betray us? You were one of the worst!" Arsenal mentioned while taking the arrow out of his shoulder and firing his ballista guns against Kid Flash, who knocked Arsenal down in a hit after easily dodging the arrow.
"Kid Flash! We were the first incarnation of the Teen Tyrants, the Fearsome Five!" Tempest, the evil Aqualad with red scales, mentioned while launching violet tornados of water energy toward Kid Flash. "Stop this! We are not your enemies."
"True." Kid Flash mentioned, and everyone at the park freaked out believing the Teen Tyrants had managed to convince Kid Flash. "They are." He mentioned. And suddenly, Mammoth fell from the sky, breathed out a lot of air, and finally yelled it all out in front of Tempest's face as a lion roaring to his prey. "I do hope that yellow water isn't what I think it is, ew." Kid Flash joked, but Tempest wasn't scared as Kid Flash thought he was, and instead he punched Mammoth away with a giant violet water-made hand.
"Traitor!" Arsenal yelled and launched his arrows toward him. But Kyd Wykkyd appeared in front of him and transported the arrows with his powers back to Arsenal, who dodged and continued launching arrows toward them. This time using explosive arrows, which began doing a disaster all around the park.
"I got the arrows!" Gizmo yelled upon his arrival, and then launched a small mechanical tennis ball, which exploded in the form of blue waves, and deactivated the arrows. "Magnet bomb! It fried the arrow's circuits using powerful microscopic…"
"I don't care!" Kid Flash interrupted, and then Arsenal took out his traditional arrows and began firing at them once again. "I'm not going to save your butts. I'm not that far into the lines of the heroes yet." Kid Flash mentioned and just vibrated through the arrows while both Kyd Wykkyd and Gizmo began dancing away from the arrows. "I'm actually enjoying this more than I'm supposed to." He admitted.
"There is nothing to fear! Billy Numerous is here to help!" A Billy mentioned, but he was then tackled down by his taxi driver, confusing everyone. "I told you man! I left my wallet in my other Billy! I can replicate my costume any number of times I want, but I can't replicate my wallet! Billy got it!" He pointed, and all around the park, various Billies came running while being chased by their respective taxi drivers. "Help us Billy!" All Billies yelled to one Billy, who just sweat dropped. "I will pay." The last Billy mentioned. "But you Billies help our friends here!" And all the other Billies saluted the one with the money military-style, and they all launched themselves against Tempest, who transformed into water and began dodging them all. "Seven hundred dollars!" Yelled the Billy with the money out of annoyance.
"I… I can't believe this…" Kid Flash heard Jinx mention while See-More landed with her in his arms. "We saw it all. You saved Mr. Luthor. But I… I thought you… well… why?" She wondered, and Kid Flash just rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Experiment." He concluded, and Jinx blinked twice. "I will see if I like this and then take the final decision. Don't think for a moment you have changed my mind. If I don't like this, I will be the one snapping Lex Luthor's neck." He added rudely, and Jinx blinked twice at that last.
"Eye believe him." See-More added, and Jinx faced him in surprise. "What? That was a criminal-like reply. If he had said, eye changed my mind because of you. Eye wouldn't believe in his words. But he just said he was going to snap Luthor's neck if he doesn't like being a hero." And Jinx grew more and more confused. "He is not a hero, he will never be. And eye will keep an eye on him for as long as this little experiment isn't over. Until then, welcome to the H.I.V.E." And Kid Flash faced See-More with a vein popping at his forehead.
"I don't need you to welcome me!" He yelled, and both exchanged looks, but then Kid Flash kicked See-More away and saved him from an arrow about to kill him. "I saved your life, you owe me!" He added, and See-More was disgusted. "Watch and learn you pathetic excuse of a team. This is how you beat the bad guys." And then he rushed to Arsenal's side, stole his arrow bag, and then faced him directly. "Nothing personal, just business." He mentioned, and then he took his bow and broke it on his head, freaking everyone out for the rough style he used in defeating Arsenal, whose head was now bleeding. "As for you, gill-head. If you don't want me to evaporate your molecules with my speed, you will leave now with him. I'm not turning you both in. I'm letting you both go with a warning! If you mess with the H.I.V.E. then you mess with me! And next time we met, I won't be so gentle." And he then kicked Arsenal's stomach hard. "You got five seconds to decide! Or else I will evaporate you!"
"Ok, fine! You win!" Tempest mentioned and transformed back into his more human-like self. "You are crazy, man! You are crazy! You broke Arsenal's bow in his head! What happened to you? We were like best friends!" And Kid Flash pointed at his wrist as if faking having a hand-watch. "At least, if you are going to play the hero, do it right! Heroes don't send their enemies to the hospital! That's our job! You could have broken Arsenal's skull!"
"I think I did. And in case you want to share his fate, I dare you to keep on wasting my time further!" And Tempest bit his lips hard with hatred, took Arsenal up, and transformed his own legs into water so he could push himself away with Arsenal at his back. "There you go, happy now?" Kid Flash asked, and then Mammoth, Gizmo, Billy and Kyd Wykkyd ran to Kid Flash's side and carried him up and began launching him up. "Hey, stop that! Put me down!" He complained.
"Put him down, now!" Jinx yelled, and everyone flinched and allowed Kid Flash to fall down. "What in the world was that?" She complained, and Kid Flash feared his cover was discovered. "You broke the bow on his head! That was the most irresponsible thing I have ever seen! You could have accidentally killed him!" And Kid Flash faced her in annoyance. "And what was that of allowing them to escape? They were supposed to go to jail and be judged! You got a lot to learn about how to be a hero." And both faced one another with determination, although Jinx was the first one to look away while she blushed. "And I will be more than happy to teach you… but please… try to be a good hero." And Kid Flash blinked twice, and everyone around him smiled and then they were all flashed by the cameras. "Time to retreat! Everyone back to the alley!" And they all began running away, all minus Billy, who was driving the taxi drivers nuts while he gave some money to each of them without being able to do the calculations correctly. "The Boom-tube technology only works on the place the boom-tube is installed at. There are three places we have them installed. But for now we will just use the usual one." And Kid Flash nodded and followed Jinx, and then he rushed back, grabbed Billy, and ran with him away from the taxi drivers.
Crouch City, San Francisco's Underground.
"Don't get used to me being one of the good guys. I'm just experimenting." Kid Flash added a few hours after saving Lex Luthor from being murdered. He was with Jinx at B-3, the socializing room with the huge television and the hexagonal table, were most meetings took place. "Don't change the hexagonal table for a heptagonal one yet. And I'm not wearing the flashing red and yellow costume you have been working on. I know, I visited your room in a flash once we arrived." He added with a smirk on his face.
"So you too entered my room!" She yelled hard. "It will take a while to be ready anyway! I know how to sew costumes, but the ignoring the friction part eludes me and I don't want you to end burned in flames on your first run wearing it… besides… I don't know your measures." She added in embarrassment.
"By the way, I never took you for the unicorn type." And Jinx blushed madly and faced Kid Flash out of annoyance. "Anyway. If there is nothing left to do, then I'm going to my room to fix it a little. It's not like you allowed me to rush to Tyrants Tower for my belongings." And Kid Flash began walking away.
"Wait a minute!" Jinx mentioned, and Kid Flash lowered his head in annoyance. "There is something that needs to be done for us to trust you first." And then the H.I.V.E. arrived next to the table, and all of them got weird smiles on their faces, even See-More. "You see… since now you are officially a member of the H.I.V.E. you need to pass an initiation." And Mammoth took out a ballet-dancer dress, Kyd Wykked took out a rubber chicken, See-More a monocycle, Gizmo a camera, and Billy took out a donkey and a Mexican hat from out of nowhere. "And you need to do it blindfolded." Jinx added while taking out a blindfold, and Kid Flash sweat dropped.
"I changed my mind! I'm bad! Really bad! I tricked you! I didn't save Lex Luthor! It was a plot to earn your trust and betray you when you thought I was one of your own!" Kid Flash complained, but of course no one believed in his words. "It's no lie! Man! How come everyone always believes my lies but when I say the truth no one does?" He wondered and then rushed all around the building. "You won't catch me alive!" He yelled.
"H.I.V.E. Drones, dress him in that ballerina costume!" She commanded, and everyone rushed after Kid Flash, although of course they never managed to catch him.
Well, that's all for today folks. I know it may not have been as good as the first chapter, but work had been so hard lately that I barely have had the time to update at all. Thanks for reading anyway, and yay for Billy being an idiot, I enjoy writing about him, lol.