Circus Freaks Forever
Chapter 4
Hey guys! So, I know the chapters for this have been extremely dialogue heavy. But in this one, we have YJ beating the shit out of Bane! Alright, moving on to reviewer responses.
wenyingtheawesome: Well, I'm updating now... a bit after you told me to, but I can't help that. Not many people do see the connection. I'm not sure why.
krikanalo: Thanks! This one's longer, and there's less dialogue.
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Meetings
"Are you sure this is where we're supposed to meet them?" Sticky adjusted his glasses nervously, glancing around the old warehouse they stood in. Kate smiled.
"Don't worry Sticky; it's just the start of the hero experience! After all, villains have a thing for abandoned warehouses!"
"Indeed we do."
The Mysterious Benedict Society stared around, hunting for the source of the Spanish sounding voice. Sticky whimpered. "M-maybe the Team is playing a trick on us?"
Reynie shook his head. "They're heroes, why would they be playing tricks on us?"
"Uh, guys?" The other three looked in the direction Kate was pointing, only to see a huge man, at least seven feet tall, with gigantic muscles, and tubes filled with yellow liquid coming out of the back of his head. Reynie, of course, was the first to recognize him. "Bane!"
The drug lord smiled wickedly. "Ah, yes. My employers have an interest in your little... Society."
Kate blinked. "Why?"
"You are meeting the Team. Now tell me, what would a team of teenaged superheroes want with a group of civilians?"
"Our mentor gives a lot of money to the League. He pulled a few strings, that's all," Kate said, struggling to remain calm. Bane chuckled. "My employer knows it's more than that." He smiled at their confused expressions. "But I see you don't." Then his fists slammed down towards them.
"Scatter!" Reynie called. Kate grabbed his wrist and pulled him towards some crates to the right. They were vaguely aware of Sticky and Constance going the other way, but of course, Bane charged after them. It was obvious they couldn't outrun someone so much bigger than them, and they had no hope of defeating him.
"All we can do," Reynie gasped, "is keep him from getting us as long as we can. The Team has to get here sooner or later."
Bane appeared in front of them. "Come now children, did you really think I would set a trap for you without scouting the premises first?"
"Well, we were kind of hoping there wouldn't be any villains here..." Kate muttered. Bane smirked, and sent a fist flying towards them. Before it could hit, however, a hand grabbed both of them by the collar and pulled them into the building's rafters.
"Stay here," the newcomer said. "You'll be safe while we deal with Bane."
"We?" Kate and Reynie asked simultaneously.
"Well, yeah. Oh, there are the others now!"
The person, who they could now see was a teenaged boy dressed in a red tunic, black leggings, a black and yellow cape, a black domino mask and combat boots, let out a wicked sounding cackle and dropped neatly onto Bane's shoulders, snatching at the tubes coming from his head. The drug lord reached up to pull him off, but the teen flipped neatly out of reach. As Kate and Reynie watched, four other teens leapt into view, attacking the huge man with such effortless teamwork it was like a dance. But even as they watched, something went wrong. The raven haired boy on the villain's back lost his grip on the tubes as Bane twisted away from the others. As he scrabbled for something else to hold on to, the older man plucked him off his back and flung him easily into a wall.
"Robin!"
The ginger speedster darted across the room, skidding to a halt and kneeling beside the younger boy. After a moment, he stood and, snatching something from the boy's belt, raced back and jammed the black object into the Venom tubes. The liquid spilled out, covering the floor in a layer of yellow, and the dark skinned boy put away the swords he had been using and pressed his hands against it. A glow of electricity filled the room and Bane collapsed, skin smoking. The green skinned girl raised a hand, and Kate and Reynie were lifted down to the floor of the warehouse. The ginger ran over to the raven haired boy again and crouched beside him, fiddling with something in his hands. After a moment, the younger hero shot upright.
"Thanks KF." The two of them walked over to where Kate and Reynie were standing beside the other heroes. "So, what'd I miss?"
The green skinned girl smiled. "Actually, you're just in time for introductions!"
Kate shook her head. "No, we're missing two people."
"We're over here!" At the sound of Sticky's voice, everyone turned to face a pile of crates, from which the other two members of the Mysterious Benedict Society now emerged.
"Alright then," the ginger said. "If that's everyone, let's get to introductions!"
Kate smiled. "Well, as we're the guests we'll go first! I'm Kate, that's Reynie, Sticky and Constance." She pointed at each of her friends in turn. The dark skinned boy stepped forward. "I am Aqualad, this is Artemis," the blonde archer girl, "Kid Flash," the ginger, "Superboy," the strong looking boy, "Miss Martian," the green girl, "and Robin." The slender dark haired boy who had initially saved Kate and Reynie from Bane. "Now, I assume you are the Mysterious Benedict Society that we were expecting today?"
Reynie nodded. "Yes, we are. Are you Young Justice?"
The youngest hero- Robin –smirked. "No, it's the other group of heroes in this warehouse."
"Robin."
"What?" He whined.
Aqualad sighed. "The bioship is waiting outside. Let's get to Mount Justice."
"Mount Justice?" Constance asked. "What an original name."
Robin smirked again. "This is going to be an asterous week."
"A... what now?" Sticky asked.
"The opposite of disastrous. Asterous. See, instead of things going wrong, they go right!"
The Team just sighed, used to Robin butchering the English language. The Society, on the other hand, looked incredibly confused. Kid Flash, remembering what it had been like when he had first met the Boy Wonder, took pity on them. "He does that a lot. You get used to it."
The thirteen year old cackled, doing a quick, effortless backflip, then running inside the red ship they could now see in front of them. Kid ran after him. As soon as they were all inside, the ship took off, and they were on their way to the teenagers' HQ. The speedster punched Robin in the arm.
"You're doing pretty well, for someone who just got thrown into a wall."
The bird grinned. "Dude, I fight crime in Gotham. I get thrown into a wall at least once a week!"
Before any member of the Society could ask what he meant, or why a thirteen year old was fighting in the most crime ridden city in the world, Miss Martian spoke up. "We're here!" They all looked out the window at the huge mountain in front of them.
"Wow," Kate said. "You guys live here?"
"Well, most of us don't live here," Robin laughed. "Only Supey and Miss M. Aqualad's from Atlantis, duh, KF's from Central, Arty's from Star, I'm from Gotham, and Zee's from... Manhattan, I think."
"Zee?" Sticky asked. The Team face palmed. "Hello Megan," Miss Martian laughed. "You haven't met Zatanna yet!"
As the bioship sank towards the mountain, each occupant slid into their own thoughts. This was going to be an interesting week.
Finally done! There is going to be Chalant, because that's one of my favourite pairings. Well, I have nothing to say, so until next time, and
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