Title: Villains of Tomorrow

Summary: AU. Batman was to busy to adopt Dick. Aquaman never found Kaldur. The Flash never met his nephew. Green Arrow didn't come in time to stop Artemis from going with her sister. Martian Manhunter didn't know his niece left Mars. Superman didn't start the search on Camdus. Because of what seemed like small mistakes, the villains raised their own protégés, and Young Injustice was born.

Author's Note: To those of you who don't know, ZATANA AND ROCKET WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS STORY! Sorry if this disappoints you, but I flat out hate Zatana and Rocket was in, like, two episodes so I have no idea how to write her. Thanks for understanding.

And this has been getting some very confused reviews, so I'm just going to clear it up now. ROBIN DIDN'T STIFFEN AT THE MENTION OF ARTEMIS! HE STIFFENED AT WALLY'S REMARK BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID WALLY WOULD GET HURT BY DEATHSTROKE! Gah, sorry for the caps, but I needed it to draw attention to it for the people who don't read the A/N's or skip this part entirely.

Okay, swear I'm done. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own YJ or any of its characters.

Past Memories

"Why did I agree to this again?" Tigress grumbled, self-consciously tightening her grip on her black bow. She looked back at her dad, who had his mask on and fully-loaded guns for some reason, and sighed dramatically as she stepped through and half shielded her eyes from the blind lights. The other partners were already expecting her, she could tell, since some were standing by their mentors and quieted when her name rang clearly and bounced off the underground cave walls after she stepped out. She shifted feeling slightly awkward, right hand feeling the smooth metal of a knife to feel some sort of comfort from the familiar weapon.

Her eyes scanned the mentors and their partners, only recognizing Renegade and Riptide. There was also a green girl, who looked surprisingly close to Martian Manhunter, and a strong boy with a black superman shirt and a scowl on his face as he clutched the loose end of his shirt into a small ball, crinkling it in his fist. Though he was super cute, Tigress immediately grew wary of him. He looked like he had some major anger issues, and she would rather not get on his bad side.

Her father's name was said a moment later, which got the attention of the other mentors.

Renegade looked, unsurprisingly, bored as Deathstroke narrowed his eyes at her father, which led her to believe they must have had some sort of argument. Meanwhile, Riptide was standing calmly and content as he glanced up at his father, Black Mantis, who was crossing his arms and looking just as calm as Riptide, the duo was known for their cool head, Riptide more than his father, however.

The green girl smiled bubbly at her, which was quite surprising, since she was a villain. She noticed she was standing alone, her mentor must have been busy with Light stuff, and so was the boy with a Superman shirt, eyes glancing at the green girl every once and awhile.

It took her a moment to notice Ra's al Ghul, standing like he thought he was more important than everyone else here, which was the understatement of the and Savage were neck in neck in the "I have the biggest ego ever" contest, it didn't help that they both believed they were gods.

Wait a second. If Ra's was here, that meant-

Recognize Mercury; B-03

"So sorry I'm late, I was-" His eyes met Tigress', immediately narrowing suspiciously, while Tigress frowned deeply as she eyed his costume. "What is she doing here?" Mercury asked, eyes glancing wildly at his mentor and teammates.

Ra's cleared his throat, which made Mercury stop shaking slightly at an inhuman speed.

"Mercury, meet your new teammate, Tigress." He said, frowning at Mercury, daring him to protest, in which he shut up, but Tigress could still feel his eyes burning into her back.

Tigress felt the awkward silence consume her, making her slightly uncomfortable. To break it, she turned around with a smirk and said, "sorry, Graceless, but I'm here to stay." The nickname caught Mercury's attention, his fists clenched, but said nothing as his mentor shook his head.

"Anyway," Kaldur said loudly, glancing between the two in hope to break the tension, "I think it is about time we all introduce ourselves."

Deathstroke nodded in agreement, "yes,I agree. Sportsmaster, Black Mantis, and Ra's, come with me. Vandal Savage ordered a meeting over an hour ago, and we shouldn't keep him waiting much longer." Nods of agreement followed as the villains trailed behind Deathstroke, disappearing into the Zeta Beams. Riptide cleared his throat, gaining Tigress' attention as he reach out to shake her hand. "You know me already, as Renegade and I met you at one of the Light's meetings, but for the sake of a memory refresher, I am Riptide, but call me Kaldur off mission."

Renegade waved at her with a smile. "As Kaldur said, I'm Renegade."

The green girl smiled joyfully and floated, actually floated, over to her. "We haven't met before, but I'm Green Mistress, Queen Bee is my mentor. Call me Megan, though, it's less of a mouthful."

Although Tigress was still confused by her cheerful personality, she herself sent her a little smile despite herself. Her usual mask was on top of her head, her blue eyes looking at her. "Nice to meet you, Megan. Sorry if I'm being rude, but are you a martian?"

Green Mistress nodded. "Yes, came from Mars right before the attack that wiped out most of the martians. I'm aware that Martian Manhunter is also here, but we're not related." Artemis noticed a little flash of something in her eyes, like a thought she was keeping to herself, and something told her that Megan was hiding something. But now wasn't the time to ask, she wanted to make a good impression on her teammates.

The boy with the Superman shirt grumbled something, not moving as he straightened his back. "I'm Krypton. Call me Connor."

Artemis raised an eyebrow, but didn't bother to ask any question. Instead, she turned to Mercury, his arms still crossed and his lips in a straight line. "I already know Mercury, after all, he made quite the impression at one of the meetings." A smirk came over her face as Kaldur raised an eyebrow at Mercury, who tightened his fists once more. "He tried to flirt with me, so I punched him in the gut. Think I hurt his pride."

"Why couldn't we get Arsenal? He's a better archer than Miss Stripes over there. Can you even use that bow?" He challenged, Tigress rolled her eyes, taking out an arrow and turning around, aiming in less than two seconds and shooting right in the middle of a dart board Wally had brought.

"Yes, I can." She answered smugly as Wally's mouth dropped, before stiffening and growling under his breath.

"Arsenal would have been much better."

Renegade sighed softly, "you haven't heard?" He asked quietly, sharing a look with Riptide. "Arsenal betrayed the Light. He's currently going as Red Arrow, Green Arrow's newest sidekick."

There was dead silence.

Wally gave a weak laugh, "come on guys, don't mess with me like that." He paused, waiting for them to laugh and say "just kidding!" and then Arsenal would walk through the zeta beam and they'd all live happily ever after.

He just watched them drop their eyes to the floor.

Pain struck through Wally's face as he barely audibly whispered, "why would he do that? I thought he would never betray the Light." He grabbed his forehead in shock, before looking back up at the team. "I'm going to go clear my head, message me on the communicators if you need anything, or if there's a mission."

"Wally, wait-" Said Riptide, but it was to late as Wally's Zeta Tube number echoed through the silent mountain.

A sigh escaped Riptide's lips as silence overcame the mountain, "that didn't go well." Kaldur mumbled, looking at a sympathetic Green Mistress and a slight frown on Kryton's face, something that could only be the closest thing he's ever shown to feeling sorry for someone. Although Tigress hated his guts, she couldn't help but feel a little bad for him. She'd felt the same way when Cheshire went rogue, picking up assassin jobs here and there, but never visiting her and her father.

Tigress sighed, scratching the back of her neck. So much for first impressions.

Wally walked the streets of Central City, something he wasn't normally allowed to do without an assassin mission, but he just couldn't bring himself to care. He'd take the punishment Ra's would give him, it was worth it to see his normal town again.

Last time he'd done this- over a year ago -he'd visited his old house, which had a big for sale sign out front. He felt a little bad, since he couldn't bring himself to care too much about his parents. They were always arguing, and Wally was never really paid much attention to, not to mention the constant bullies at school. He liked being away from Central City, he liked living in a place where people actually cared about him. Where he could cherish the only true father figure he'd ever known.

He turned into the coffee shop, sitting down at one of the booths with a sad sigh. He couldn't believe Arsenal, or Red Arrow now, joined the Justice League, it couldn't be true. He must be on an undercover mission or something, he had to be. He wasn't allowed to tell anyone, because he had to convince the people who didn't know that he actually quit.

Wally slumped in his seat, staring out the window as busy people rushed to get to wherever they were going. Somehow, he knew that wasn't the case. Roy always fantasized about helping people, he wasn't a killer. He just didn't have anywhere else to go.

He watched as a man glanced at his watch impatiently, trying to walk across the street. Woman pulled their children down sidewalks who just wanted to stop and Sometimes, he wished the world would slow down a bit, but it couldn't. He was a speedster, he was made for going fast, not slowing down.

He saw a man enter the coffee shop, brown hair and green eyes with a grin plastered on his face. Wally tilted his head at the sight, eyes concentrating on the man. This man- he looked familiar somehow. But from where? There was no one in the Light that looked like that, he was sure of it. So why did he look so familiar?

"Barry!" The catchier said joyfully, smiling at him. "Off work so early?"

Barry. Where had he heard that name before?

Barry, Barry, Barry-

Oh no.

His eyes trailed the man as he said something in response, but Wally wasn't listening anymore. He needed to get out of there, before-

Barry stopped at his booth, eyeing the him suspiciously, studying him. Wally, who was thankfully trained to be a good actor, glanced up with a frown. "I'm sorry, do you need something?" He asked, hoping to cover up the fact he was practically shaking with fright. In fact, he realized, his hands were shaking. Hiding them under the table, he gave him a suspicious frown.

"Um, no. Sorry, you just look oddly familiar." His uncle said, eyes looking him up and down. "I'm Barry, have we met before?"

"No, I don't think so." He said, shaking his head. That, at least, was the truth. He'd never met his uncle before now, only seen him in the photograph when he was young. Iris must have had a picture of him somewhere, but he couldn't afford to tell them that.

"What's your name?" He asked, sitting down across from. This wasn't good. He needed to clear his mind, and meeting his uncle for the first time was definitely not refreshing. Wally gulped, thinking of a name. Any name.

"I'm Jacob Brown," he answered, saying the first thing that came to mind. Barry shook his head, a frown on his face.

"Huh, don't think I've ever heard that name before." Barry said, tilting his head. Crap, could he see right through him? "Sorry for the mix up, you just look like someone that- you look like someone." He said, the last part quieter. Wally frowned, shrugging. "Well, sorry for the mix up. I bet this was creepy."

'You don't know the half of it' Wally though, easing into his normal grin. "It's fine. Have a good day, Barry."

Wally stood up, walking to the door, trying not to speed his way out of there. Once he was safely away, he sped to the nearest Light Zeta Tube, transporting himself to the island.

But when he got there, Ra's was waiting.

"Wally," Ra's said, eyes narrowing. "What did we say about this?"

"I'm sorry Ra's. Really, I am." Wally said, trying to keep the panic out of his voice. "But today I found my uncle, really found him. And he's super nice. Please, I need to see him again."

"Oh, so that's what this was about." Ra's said, dangerously calm and collected as he stared down harshly at Wally, making him take a step back. Ra's never got this mad. "Do I need to remind you what that family did to you?"

Quicker than he could react, Ra's grabbed his arm and pinned him to the ground, Wally's struggles were useless. "They ignored you, treated you like trash. Your family didn't even know you were gone till they got a call from the school, saying you hadn't showed up. And what about that precious uncle? He'd had plenty of time to come see you, didn't he?"

Wally gasped as Ra's grip tightened on his arms, making him cry out in pain. "Well? Answer!"

A single tears slipped down his face, "h-he did. Th-they don't love me." He mumbled, only unlocking his muscles when Ra's relaxed his hold.

"I don't like doing that Wally, you know that." Ra's said softly, helping his protege off the ground. Wally's eyes dropped to the floor, nodding, before Ra's softly lifted his chin at him. "Even if your family wasn't, I will be here for you. Always."

Wally smiled, bowing to him and watching as Ra's matched it. Of course Ra's was right, it was stupid to have such high hopes that his uncle was different. None of his family was there for him- so he shouldn't worry about him. Ra's was always there when he needed him, he gave him a new life that was better than anything he could have done on his own.

Yeah, that was right.

Of course it was.

Yeah.

Wally sat silently on the green couch that had obviously been taken off some curb by all the holes and dirt spots- but by the way they all were relaxing, it was obvious they'd all had to live in much worse situations.

It was Saturday morning, meaning M'gann was off at the palace for some reason and Conner's mood was grumpier than usual. It was obvious he had feelings for M'gann, but everyone knew that wasn't the entire reason why. Luthor had talked to him earlier, both angrily whispering to each other in the kitchen, so that was probably part of it.

He and Artemis hadn't exchanged a glance, much less a word to each other since the previous day. He didn't feel like talking much, last night had put a damper on his spirit. He could see Kaldur and Renegade exchanging worried glances out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't pay much attention.

They all looked up when the zeta beam announced M'gann's arrival, who didn't look at them and headed straight for the kitchen. Conner excused himself, following the green girl.

Curious, Wally also excused himself, leaving the atlantian to casually slip the three of them into a conversation. Hanging beside the door, knowing full well Connor could hear him by the way he shuffled closer, he caught the words, "something wrong" and "don't feel right" before zipping back to the couch before he was spotted.

Whatever that was about, she was right.

Something was up.

Hey, everyone! I'm back. Sorry for the delay, I've been focusing on my schoolwork for a bit since I've been falling behind and I swear my parents were about to murder me, but I'm back now with a new update! :D

Poor Wally! Finally finds out the truth, only to not remember it. Curse you, Ra's al Ghul and Psimon!

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