OK, here's Chapter 1. I hope you like it. Quick note: This is a few days after the big explosion. People are running wild, with guns, and everything is total chaos and anarchy. +By the way, this means it's our OC's mind link.+ And this is the team's mind link.

Disclaimer: We don't own YJ.

Enjoy!

A Crazy Road Trip

Somewhere in what used to be Illinois

September 9th

1:35 P.M. CST

An armored truck barreled down what used to be a road. Three occupants were in the truck; Jaci, Hope, and their friend Randy. Randy was a silent guy, rarely speaking a word. Dressed in all black, with a mask covering his face, he fit the description of an assassin. Which, in fact, is what he was. A deadly assassin, with all sorts of hidden weapons and skills. But he was ok. He would never hurt innocent people or his friends. The three had found the truck at the ruins of an army facility they had passed. They were just going through the country, looking for survivors and supplies. Actually they were doing that until they had stopped and Jaci had made fun of this guy who had pink hair. So, just to spite him Jaci just had to take all his canned food and his favorite gun, all the time making fun of pink hair. So now they were barreling down the highway as the guy and his buddies chased them down the road, screaming and cursing at the top of their lungs. Hope, in the turret, was trying to take out the guys tires, but that was proving difficult as Jaci kept swerving in large turns.

"Jaci! Keep the truck still! You know how hard it is to shoot while you're driving like a maniac?" Hope shouted. Jaci gave her a grin.

"Sorry! I'm trying to lose them!"

"Obviously it's not working!"

They kept barreling down the road. Hope looked ahead, trying to see if the landscape would be able to help lose the guys chasing them. Then, out of nowhere, six figures were just out on the road! Hope's eyes widened.

"Jaci! People, twelve o'clock!" Jaci, who had been looking back to see if she had lost the guys whipped her head back to the front and gasped. Moving as fast as she could, she stomped on the brake while jerking the wheel to the side. The car skidded to a stop and the people on the road jumped back.

"sanctum vaccam!* Hey! Watch where you're going next time! I almost hit you!"

"How about you watch where you're driving? You could kill someone!" The kid in front shouted back angrily.

"In case you didn't notice, we're trying to lose a psychopath who's trying to kill us!" Jaci scowled down at the kid.

"Correction!" Hope shouted down to Jaci. "He's trying to kill you!"

"Can we do this later?" Jaci yelled back at her friend. She turned to face the group in the street. "We have to go. You don't want to be here when that guy arrives. You wanna come with us?" The group looked at one another and collectively shrugged.

"Sure, why not?" A girl said. They climbed into the truck and we took off again. Hope came down from the turret after a while.

"We lost them," She reported to Jaci. Jaci nodded. Hope went to sit down and entered where the group of kids were sitting. She got a good look at all of them and got a shock as she recognized all of them. "Jaci?" She called. Jaci looked back.

"Hang on, give me a second." +Jaci, it's the team+ Jaci nearly crashed the truck. +What?! The team? Hang on, let me get back there.+ "Randy, you mind driving for a while?" Jaci asked the silent assassin. He didn't answer, simply got up and went to the driver's seat. "Thanks." Jaci walked back to where everyone else was sitting and sat down next to Hope.

"So…. I'm Hope; this is Jaci, that's Randy up there." Hope gestured to herself and friends, trying to start a conversation. Kaldur nodded.

"I am Aqualad, but my name is Kaldur'ahm, or Kaldur. This is Robin,"

"Just Robin."

"Kid Flash,"

"My real name's Wally."

"Artemis,"

"Which is my actual name."

"Miss Martian,"

"My real name is M'gann M'orzz, but you can call me Megan Morse since that's an Earth name."

"And Superboy."

"Or Conner." Superboy grunted. Jaci and Hope nodded, sharing a look. Hope stood up.

"Well, I think it's my turn to drive, so… anybody have a specific place in mind? Or should I just drive until I find a warehouse or whatever?" Jaci shrugged.

"Warehouse I guess."

And scene! I hope that conversation wasn't too confusing. If you have questions, review or pm them. Also, my friend and I are big Rick Riordan fans, so our characters know Latin and will curse and talk in it, although Hope has a preference to French. Later!

*Latin for holy cow