Alrighty then...so here is a little disclaimer: WHY ME NO OWN YOUNG JUSTICE! IF I DID SUPERBOY WOULD BE SHIRTLESS ALL THE TIME AND ROY WOULD BE LESS OF A JERK BUT STILL SEXY! Anywho, here is Fireworks!
"Whoa." Robin gasped and Mimic bit her lip looking at the gorgeous boy in the pod. Mimic stepped around all the cords and carefully balanced herself on the small ledge on the pod. She placed a hand on the front of the pod near his face.
"Big K, little r." Kid whispered before continuing in a louder voice "the atomic symbol for Krypton. Clone?"
"Robin hack." Aqualad demanded and Mimic stopped listening after that. She couldn't help but wonder what he could be thinking. If he could hear them right now? What did Robin just say-'DNA acquired from Superman'? Did that mean he had his powers? She looked to see three separate genomorphs above his head.
"Robin… why are these genomorphs here?" she asked.
"They're force feeding him information." He explained when Kid groaned.
"I can't reach Flash or anyone else."
"Neither can I." Aqualad said as Robin tried.
"Nope- what about you Mimic?" Mimic tried using her comlink, but it only gave off static. She shook her head before turning back to the boy in the pod. She couldn't help but wonder how he would react. Most likely like Superman; Mimic stifled her giggles at the thought of the boy being a Boy Scout Jr. like Superman. Mimic wonder what he sound like-would he sound exactly like the Man of Steel or would he have his own voice? She couldn't help but hope that he would have his own voice-something defined his personality. That was another thing she couldn't help but think about-what he would be like as a person. It was obvious that he would be different from most boys his age, but maybe he would be sporty or maybe he would be shy. Mimic was pulled away from her thoughts when the genomorphs above his head horns glowed.
"This is wrong." Kid said and Mimic nodded before joining them.
"Kid's right-we can't leave him like this." She said and Aqualad thought about it for a minute before turning to Robin.
"Set him free, now." He order and Robin began to hack the system. Mimic turned back to the pod in a newfound excitement when the pod disappeared. They watched eagerly as his right hand twitched before it clenched into a fist and blue eyes snapped open.
Project Kr looked in front of him blankly*. There were four of them-three boys and one girl. They were all dressed in costumes… heroes, which is the word the genomorphs taught him. But he didn't recognize either of them from his education. Project Kr looked at them, but found his attention mainly on the girl. She had jade eyes and sandy blonde hair-what was the word they taught him again? Beautiful, if his memory served correct- which it did. He straightened up and the girl walked towards him ready to-
Attack.
Project Kr blinked before his features twisted up into a ferocious snarl and he quickly charged at the dark skinned boy. They tumbled to the floor and Project Kr punched him repeatedly, when Robin and Kid Flash grabbed him.
"Whoa hang on Supey!" Kid grunted and Robin huffed.
"We're on your side!" he said but he simply threw Kid back. Robin took out a small gas bomb and placed it on the boy "I don't want to do this!" Aqualad kicked him in the stomach and he flew back into the computer in front of his pod.
"We don't want to hurt you." Mimic pleaded and he charged at her, as she ran over to Robin. "I don't get it! Why is he acting like this?" Robin shrugged before shooting two electrical wires that attached to the clone's chest. Kr grabbed it, yanking over the boy wonder and slamming him onto the ground, placing his foot on Robin's chest to keep him from moving. "Robin! Stop it!" she yelled punching the clone into the pod as Aqualad helped Robin up.
Project Kr walked over to them as Robin fell unconscious and Aqualad stood in front of him. "We are trying to help you!" he growled and the clone charged again. Kr slammed Aqualad into a wall rendering him unconscious when Mimic kicked his feet out from under him. She pinned his arms to the floor and hovered over him.
"Enough! We freed you to help you, not harm you!" she growled and he kicked her into the ceiling. She fell to the floor with a thud and Project Kr hovered over her as she tried to get up. She staggered to her feet and tried to punch him but fell to the ground unconscious. Project Kr looked at her for a second before walking to the door and forcing it open. A man in a lab coat named Doctor Desmond smirked and walked towards Project Kr to look over the fallen heroes.
"Atta boy." He smiled before walking away. "Take them to the cloning chamber."
Project Kr turned around and grabbed the fallen heroes, before heading off to the cloning chamber. He set them up in separate pods-first the smaller boy, then the dark skinned teen, and finally the orange haired boy. He paused before looking down at the beautiful girl in front of him. He bent down and brushed her hair out of her face, before picking her up bridal style. He placed her inside the pod and strapped her in. He felt a pain wrenching feeling in his stomach and hated it-what was it again? Guilt was it? Yes, that what's its name was. Shaking his head, Project Kr turned away from her before locking them inside. He stood there staring at her face and listened to the steady beating of her heart thump. It was rather… peaceful he decided. Project Kr frowned as her heart beat suddenly got faster and faster, when her eyes snapped as well as the others. He stared at them blankly when the orange haired kid glared at him.
"Hey, cut it out! You're scaring me!" he yelled and the girl glared.
"Shut up, Kid!" she snapped and the ginger, Kid, glared back.
"what? He just keeps staring!" he complained and the smaller one interrupted their argument.
"Uh, KF- I don't thinking pissing off the guy who can fry us in one look is a good idea." He advised and the girl rolled her eyes before turning to him with a soft expression.
"Listen, ignore Kid Flash he's an idiot." She said and Kid protested, but she ignored him. She smiled widely at him and he felt his face warm, when the dark skinned boy turned to him.
"We only meant to help you." He said calmly when Kid jumped in.
"Yeah-we try to free you and you turned on us!" he yelled and the girl glared at him.
"Stop Kid, it wasn't his fault!"
"She's right, Kid. I do not believe our new friend was in control of his actions." He said as the smaller boy's left hand played with his cuffs. Project Kr blinked before hesitating slightly.
"Wha-what if I wasn't?" he asked and they looked at him taken aback. In truth, so was he-he had never spoken before, so the gruff deep sound of his voice surprised him.
"He can talk?" Kid asked and he glared at him angry.
"Yes he can." He snapped and was shocked to realize that the girl has said the same thing as well. The other two glared at him and he shrugged.
"It's not like I said 'it'." He said defensively and the girl rolled her eyes before turning to him again.
"The genomorph taught you telepathically, right?" she asked and he nodded slowly.
"Yes-I can read and write… I know the name of things." He said and the smaller boy spoke up once more.
"Have you ever seen them before?"
"Have the ever let you go out and see them for yourself" she elaborated. Project Kr looked at them with hard eyes, before they slowly softened with longing and sadness.
"Images have been placed in my mind… but, no I haven't." he said and the dark skinned teen turned to the girl, before looking back at the clone hesitantly.
"Do you know what you are? Who you are?" he asked and Kr stood straight with extreme pride.
"I am the Superboy, a genomorph- a clone made from the DNA of Superman. I was created to replace him if he parish… to destroy him if he turns from The Light." He said and they all looked at each other when the dark skinned teen spoke again.
"To be like Superman is…" he trailed turning to the girl who looked at him with a smile.
"It's a real worthy aspiration…but just like the Man of Steel you deserve your own life. A life beyond that solar suit, your pod… of Cadmus." She said evenly and for the first time upon talking with her he glared at the girl.
"I live because of Cadmus! It is my home!" he roared causing her to shrink back before glaring back.
"You're so called home is a test tube!" she snapped.
"Look, we can get you out of here and show you the sun." the small boy said and Kid smiled.
"I'm pretty sure that it's nighttime-so we can show you the moon!" he smiled and the girl took a deep breath. Kr stood still, listening to the beat of her heart finding it to help him calm himself. They both looked at each other at the same time and she gave him a small smile.
"Robin and Kid are right-we can show you all of those things. We can introduce you to Superman." She smiled and the dark skinned teen nodded in agreement.
"No they can't." Doctor Desmond said as he walked in. Project Kr, or Superboy, turned to him. "They will be occupied for a long time. Activate the cloning process." The female doctor nodded before walking over and Superboy frowned.
"Pass-Batcave's already too crowded!" Robin said, but Desmond ignored him before turning to Guardian.
"Get the weapon in its pod, now!" he demanded.
"How come he gets to call Supey it?" Kid asked and the girl groaned. Superboy turned to her with wide eyes and she looked at him fiercely.
"I can't tell you what to do-only you can." She said and Desmond scoffed at her.
"Project Kr does as I say- and I say go back to your pod, now!" he growled and Superboy looked at them.
"Help us." The dark skinned boy said and Guardian put hand on Superboy's shoulder. Superboy's eyebrows knitted together before shoving his hand off.
"Don't tell me you're going to start thinking now?" Desmond yelled and Superboy's face went blank when a genomorph jumped onto his shoulder. Its horns glowed and Superboy turned towards Desmond. "Don't you see? You're not a real boy-you belong to me… well The Light-it doesn't matter, now get back in your pod!" Superboy turned around then walked away.
"Superboy no! Please!" he kept walking ignoring her cries for help as the automatic doors closed. Superboy walked down the halls and felt even guiltier than before. How could he do this to them- they wanted to free him and give him a life of his own; yet here he was walking away from them. He… what was the word? Turned his back on them, betrayed them- he was a traitor to them… to her. She only put him and his well being first, now he was letting them get experiments done on them. Simply because he couldn't make his own decision. That's when he heard the boys screams, they were loud and painful-but he kept walking when he heard the dark skinned teen's voice.
"Superboy-if you can hear me, you have a choice. Either spend the rest of your life as their weapon or live the life you want. That is your choice, but asks yourself. What would Superman do?" he asked and the clone stopped. He thought for a second, when he heard her pain wrenching screams. In that second, he made up his mind for the first time. He knew his choice-freedom. He removed the genomorph from his shoulder and ran back to them. He grabbed the door and pulled it off, to see the girl and her friends thrashing in pain. He threw the door and mentally sighed in relief when the sound of her heart beat soon replaced her screams. He walked forward as Desmond, Guardian and the genomorph-Dubbilex- ran forward to stop him.
"I said go back to your pod!" Desmond growled and Superboy threw them all to the side.
"Don't give me orders." He grunted and walked to the four heroes who looked at him expectantly.
"Superboy…"
"Are you here to free us or fry us?"
"KID!" they yelled and Superboy simply stared for a fraction of a minute before smirking.
"Huh-I don't have heat vision, so I guess I'm helping." He said and Kid cocked his head to the side.
"Did you just make a joke?" he mocked and the girl rolled her eyes as Robin's cuffs suddenly came free. He jumped out of his pod and landed in front of Superboy rubbing his wrists.
"Batman would have my head for taking so long!" he exclaimed and the girl glared at him as did Kid.
"Batman would-Robin, I'm gonna have your head when I get out of here!" she snapped and Kid narrowed his eyes.
"Dude, the whole League will have our heads!" he exclaimed as Robin pushed a button on the mainframe.
"Free mimic and Aqualad, while I get Kid Mouth." Robin said and he glared at the Boy Wonder.
"Don't you tell me what to do either." He said, but did as he was told. He broke the cuffs off of Aqualad before going over to Mimic. He broke off her cuffs and she fell into his arms, when she pulled away quickly.
"Sorry." She smiled and he felt his cheeks warm again, but nodded. All five ran as Desmond shouted after them causing Superboy to falter. Mimic grabbed his hand and smiled at him, before they ran off together.
"That guy's not whelmed-not whelmed at all." Robin said sending several bombs at the tubes holding their DNA when Mimic groaned.
"Seriously, Robin? You and this whelmed thing are getting pretty annoying."
"We're still 42 levels from the exit; we'll need to get to the elevator." Aqualad said as several genomorphs suddenly blocked their path. The four heroes ran as Superboy jumped into the air punching the larger genomorphs. They ran past the genomorphs when Aqualad turned to Superboy. "Superboy! Your goal is escape, not to burry us all here!" he said and the clone glared at him.
"You want escape!" he roared and he tossed the genomorph into the others.
"Please, Superboy!" he turned to see Mimic's outstretched hand and he calmed down some, before running towards taking her hand as well. They ran as the other boys jumped into an elevator Aqualad had forced open. Superboy let go of Mimic's hand before grabbing her waist and jumping into the elevator. The clone's face distorted in confusion as he and Mimic began to fall.
"I-I'm falling?" he asked as Mimic grabbed a good hold on him, before flying towards the others. "Superman can fly…but I can't."
"Well, you have the whole jumping tall buildings in one move-that's pretty awesome." Kid smiled and helped Superboy down on the ledge.
"Guys this will have to be our exit!" Robin said looking up at the elevator that was coming their way. Superboy and Aqualad kicked down the door allowing them to run out when more genomorphs ran their way. They ran down the next hallway when Superboy heard a voice in his head. Turn left, brother -it ordered.
"Turn left." He said bluntly and Kid turned to him.
"How do you-"
"Don't ask questions, just do it!" Robin said as they ran left.
Turn right
"Go right!" they did as he said only to reach a dead end and Kid turned to Superboy accusingly.
"Supey, you lead us to a dead end!" he yelled and Superboy looked down confused.
"I-I don't understand…"
"It's not his fault Kid!" Mimic said defending the clone and Robin smiled.
"Don't be sorry-it's perfect!" The five heroes climbed into the air shaft as Robin leaded them to God know where.
"This is just the way I wanted to spend my 4 of July." Mimic grumbled when Superboy stopped "What's wrong?"
"Listen." He said and they all quieted down to listen. The sounds of G-Gnomes crawling through the vents alerted them to move faster.
"I don't think we'll make it out in time!" Kid said when Robin changed their course of direction but leaving behind several bombs to go off in a couple of minutes. They exited the vent in a different hallway when Robin began typing in his minicomputer.
"I hacked the motion sensors." He smirked and Mimic chuckled.
"way to go, Boy Wonder. Now there's space between us and them." She said and Kid smiled.
"Specifically giving me so leg room!" he exclaimed putting on his goggles and ran up the nearby stairs. Aqualad sighed but followed after with the other three. They ran past the fallen G-Gnomes when Robin frowned.
"There's more coming behind us!" he exclaimed. Superboy pushed Mimic in front of him before kicking the stairwell down causing the oncoming G-Gnomes to fall. They continued their descent taking them to Sub Level 1 with Kid still head, when the alarms went off. "that can't be good!"
"You think?"
"Focus!" Aqualad ordered and no one argued as they ran up to Kid Flash who was sitting up rubbing his head. "They've cut us off from the streets."
"No, my head hadn't noticed." Kid said dryly as Superboy and Mimic tried to pry the door open, but to no avail.
"I can't hack this fast enough." Robin said as several G-Gnomes closed in on them, when the Boy Wonder kicked open a random door "In here!" They ran inside to find several G-Gnomes in front of them. "So much for that…"
"way to go, Rob." Mimic said as she backed up into Superboy. He looked down at her before wrapping his arms protectively around her. The others prepared to strike when the G-Gnomes' horns glowed causing them to all drop to the floor.
For the sake of all genomorphs, our brother Superboy should make up his own mind, Dubbilex thought causing Superboy's eyes to open. He looked down at the unconscious Mimic in his arms, before looking up at him.
I-it was you, Superboy thought and Dubbilex nodded.
Yes my brother-I started the fire to bring your new friends here, woke them when they were in danger-
-And guided me, Superboy thought, but why?
Because you are the hope for all genomorphs. To make a trail for all of our genomorph brothers, Dubbilex thought as Guardian and the other heroes began to stir. He looked down at Mimic who looked up at him with wide eyes. What is your choice brother?
Superboy helped Mimic up who looked at him expectantly. Staring into her jade green eyes, he turned back to Dubbilex with a newfound confidence. "I... choose… freedom." He said looking down at Mimic when he said the last part and tightened his arms around her. Mimic looked at him shocked before raising an eyebrow with a small smirk and he smirked back in response before nodding slightly.
"No, you won't." Desmond's voice interrupted their wordless conversation. They turned to see him holding a blue vial in one hand. "Project Blockbuster should help me regain order."
Desmond drunk the vial and began to shake. The sounds of bones breaking and changing filled the room, causing the heroes to watch in disgust. Superboy took Mimic and hid her face in the crook of his neck so she wouldn't have to watch. Desmond's skin peeled off revealing a grey claylike skin underneath. Mimic turned to look and almost swore she was going to puke.
"Everyone back!" Guardian shouted before charging at Desmond. Desmond knocked him back without effort and Superboy charged.
"Superboy, no!" she screamed as the clone punched Desmond/Blockbuster who in return punched back hard. They exchanged punches as they jumped through the ceiling.
"That's one way to go up." Robin said as he shot a line and pulled Kid up with him.
"Think lab coat planned this?"
"I don't think he's planning anything." Aqualad said.
"At least not anymore." Mimic added as she grabbed the Atlantean and flew them through the hole with the others. She sat Aqualad down, just as Superboy was thrown into him. "Superboy! Aqualad!"
The three heroes ran to their fallen friends and helped them up. Blockbuster glared at them before charging at them and Kid Flash ran towards him, before skidding between his legs. Blockbuster looked at him, then turned back just as Aqualad and Superboy delivered a punch to his face. Blockbuster staggered back as Kid Flash rose up on his hands on feet, tripping him.
"Learned that one in kindergarten." He said standing up as Robin flipped over him throwing several bird-a-rangs at him. Blockbuster blocked them and got up to see Superboy ready himself to fight. Blockbuster charged at him, knocking him into a nearby pillar. Aqualad used his water swords to grabbed Blockbuster's fist as Mimic kicked him in the face. Blockbuster threw Superboy in a nearby pillar and slammed Aqualad into the floor. Kid ran towards him, but blockbuster grabbed his arm and knocked him into Aqualad sending them both into pillars. Blockbuster punched Aqualad into another pillar sending him back once more as well as the pillar to tremble.
"Of course!" Robin said as the ceiling wavered.
"What are you talking about?" Mimic demanded and he explained his plan to her. "Oh, I get it now!"
"kid get over here!" the Boy Wonder called as Mimic let her hair down and ran towards Blockbuster. She punched him the back causing him to drop Aqualad and turn to her with a roar.
"You may wanna buy a tic tac." She said before snap kicking him in the face. Superboy jumped up and grabbed Blockbuster from behind. Blockbuster grabbed Superboy and held him over his head as Kid ran over punching him in the face. Kid skidded to a halt before realizing he had a piece of… whatever it was-skin maybe? - in his hand.
"Hey ugly, got your nose!" he called pointing to it. Blockbuster dropped Superboy and ran after Kid, allowing Mimic to help the clone up.
"You okay, Superboy?" she asked and he nodded. She grabbed his hand and ran him over to Robin with Aqualad as well. Robin explained the plan and the two boys ran off while Mimic stood waiting for her turn. They knocked out several pillars as robin drew a large X and Aqualad laid out the ground with water. Mimic ran to the other side of the room so that way she would be behind Blockbuster. Kid Flash ran through the water making it slide down towards Blockbuster. Blockbuster ran towards the speedster when Superboy jumped into the air punching him in the face. Blockbuster fell into the water and Aqualad sent an electric shock through the water.
"Move!" Robin yelled and the boys did as he asked when Mimic opened her mouth to let out a Canary cry. Superboy grabbed his ears in pain, when Mimic stopped running towards him.
"Get down!" she yelled as several bombs Robin planted went off. Superboy grabbed Mimic and covered her as Aqualad did the same with the others, as the ceiling caved in. They fell to the ground as Cadmus fell down in ruins. Superboy looked down at Mimic before letting her go and pushing the wall off of them. He helped Mimic up and gave her a small smile which she returned back widely. He looked away from her to walk towards Blockbuster who was trapped under a massive wall. "I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon."
"Neither do I." he said before turning to her taking her hands. "Thank you."
"You deserve your own life-now you have it." She smiled and he felt his cheeks warm again. She took her hand and carefully caressed his cheek and he felt his cheek get warmer.
"Hey Supey, look at the moon!" they turned to Kid Flash who was pointing up at the sky. Superboy looked up at the night sky and stared in awe at the moon, when he felt Mimic's hand squeeze his hand. He looked at her with a small smile before looking back up at the moon when he saw a small speck. It came closer and Superboy was surprised to realize that it was Superman flying towards them. "And Superman! Do we keep our promises or what?"
"I wouldn't talk so soon Kid-look closer." Superboy turned to Mimic with a frown. Why wasn't she happy with him? He was going to meet Superman and she was being negative. He turned back to Superman to find several other heroes behind him. The whole League will have our heads! That's what Kid had said-was this the whole League? He looked at all the heroes in front of them and slowly realized that they were in trouble. He turned to Mimic to see her face twisted up in anger. Superboy walked forward with Mimic beside him for encouragement. Superman narrowed his eyes slightly and Mimic glared at him. He raised his eyebrow at her causing her to roll her eyes. He knew the action meant that she was annoyed with him so he turned his attention back to Superboy.
Superboy lifted up the torn part of his solar suit to reveal the red 'S' similar to Superman's. The Man of Steel's eyes widened before narrowing causing the clone to lose his smile. "is that what I think it is?" Batman asked.
"He doesn't like being called it." Kid said at the same time Mimic snapped "He's not an it". Superboy frowned before turning back to them angry.
"I'm Superman's clone, Superboy." He said causing all the members of the League to stare in shock.
"Start talking." Batman said narrowing his eyes. They told their story quickly and then the Leaguers conversed with one another when Superman walked over to Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter, when Mimic walked up to him.
"Think about what you're going to do and how this will affect him." She ordered and he narrowed his eyes before crossing his arms.
"I know how to make my own decisions, Mimic."
"Oh I know and most of those decisions were stupid, idiotic, dumb, bull shit-should I continue?" she snapped and Superboy was surprised to hear the tone she used with him. It was almost as if she knew him on a personal level-like she knew who he was as a person, all the mistakes he made. If Superboy only knew how right he was.
"Mimic-"
"He's brand new to this world and so far he's been acting on emotion. Whatever you decide will affect him severely. don't. Be. Stupid." She hissed and he narrowed his eyes at her as they both walked away to their respective parties. Mimic walked to Superboy placing a hand on his shoulder, when Batman called her over to the group of mentors. "What?"
"Mimic, you are the most experienced out of the four of you, yet you led them to something that could have killed you all." Batman growled and Mimic glared at the Dark Knight.
"Do you honestly believe I would endanger their lives?" she yelled and Flash ran up to her.
"But you did Mimic! You led them here and you guys could have been killed." He said jabbing a finger at her. She glared up at them, when she head Superman.
"We'll try and figure something out for you. The League will, I mean! But for now I better get that Blockbuster creature squared away." He said before flying off. Mimic glared at his retreating form and Superman knew she was.
"I'm going to annihilate you, Superman." She growled and the mentors looked at each other questioningly, but ignored it for now.
"We'll discuss this later." Batman said before walking towards the other heroes. Mimic took her place by Superboy as the mentors walked towards them. "Cadmus will be investigated-all 52 levels. Let's make hone thing clear-"
"You should've called." Flash interrupted and Mimic narrowed her eyes at him.
"Well we didn't-sue us." She snapped and Canary glared at her.
"Mimic don't start."
"Or what? You'll send me to my room?" she asked using the words Speedy said earlier and Arrow narrowed his eyes at her
"Stop it, now." He ordered when Batman continued.
"Results aside, we are not happy. You hacked Justice League system, disobeyed direct orders, and someone could have gotten killed. You all well not be doing this again." He said and Aqualad turned to Mimic who nodded.
"I'm sorry, but we will." He said and Aquaman gave his protégé a stern look.
"Aqualad, stand down."
"My apologies my king, but no." he said and Mimic took a deep breath, before speaking evenly.
"We did good work tonight-the work you taught us to do. Together as a team without you." She said and Aqualad continued.
"we made something powerful-important." He continued and Flash glared at the two.
"Look if this about the way we treated you four at the Hall-"
"-The five of us and no it isn't not." Kid said interrupting his mentor and Robin spoke up.
"Batman, we're ready to use what you guys taught us."
"Why teach us at all if you weren't going to let us use it on our own?" Mimic demanded "Doesn't that defeat the purpose of even teaching us? You chose to have us as your protégé-to even have protégés- so that way you could have someone to succeed you when you retire or something."
"Why let them tell us what to do?" Superboy asked angrily and he walked forward to stand beside Mimic with a fierce expression. "Get on board or get out of the way."
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Mimic said as they turned to their mentors with utter determination while Batman narrowed his eyes.
Star City, July 4; 22:00, PDT
Mimic shook her head, her blonde ponytail shaking back and forth. She stood in front of Green Arrow and Black Canary with an annoyed sigh frowning. "why are we discussing this again? We already talked about it."
"That was with the League. This is between us, which is you disobeying us and almost getting yourself killed." Black Canary glared and Green Arrow frowned at her. She sighed tired rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, before letting out a loud yawn.
"Shouldn't this wait till tomorrow or something?" she asked stretching.
"no." was the sharp reply from her mentor and the upset one of her father. She sighed as Green Arrow folded his arms ready to chew her out-this time she was ready.
"Okay listen up, both of you- I'm sorry for disobeying you guys, but seriously? I'm not a kid anymore!" she said walking a few feet away. "I mean seriously-if that's the way you're going to treat me I could've left with Roy!" Green Arrow winced at the comment, but Black Canary stood firm not caving in to her student. Mimic glared at her father and mentor before pointing an accusing finger at them. "You guys lied to me! lied to my face-you guys aren't just my teachers, but my parents for all intensive purposes- you always say how I can trust you with the truth, but you lied to me! Not once have I ever lied to you guys!"
"We did it for your protection." Black Canary said and Mimic glared.
"Oh really? What if there was an emergency and I ran to the Hall to get your help, but you were at Watchtower, huh? I would be dead because I didn't know where you were or how to get to you!" she snapped and both cringed back at the example "Exactly! And don't you dare say that it wouldn't have happened, because you know it could."
"Mica… you have to understand, there are protocols-"
"Protocols? Are you serious right now! I know the protocols-I've been with the League since I was 5! I've known about this all my life, but it's been nothing more than a lie!" she snapped and both adults fell silent. "You know I'm right-why would you teach us this if we weren't going use it? Why even bother letting me go out and fight by your sides? I'm not some child or a delicate little flower that will break-I'm a hero! Ya know that little thing you trained me to do? Or have you forgotten?"
"…Michaela-"
"forget it-I don't want to hear it anymore. I'm tired of the lies and excuses. I expected you guys to have some type of faith in me-apparently, I was wrong about that. Turns out I've been wrong about a lot of things." she said glaring directly at Green Arrow specifically. She stalked off to her room, tired and annoyed, but she wasn't going for sleep.
Green Arrow watched his daughter stalk off, before turning to Black Canary with an upset expression. "We're doing the right thing, aren't we?"
"yes we are, Ollie. Mica can't always get her way." Black Canary sighed walking to one of the chairs, while Green Arrow shook his head.
"I don't think she's trying to get her way-I think it's more trying to prove herself to us. I think they all are." he said and Canary looked at him confused.
"What do they have to prove? We know what they're capable of." she said sitting down and Arrow shook his head.
"I know that-it's more like proving they can do it on their own." he said "Ya know, proving that they can do it without us."
"Even so, that still doesn't excuse what they did tonight." Green Arrow jumped to see Batman standing behind them, while Black Canary snickered.
"Not funny, Dinah. But seriously though, they're just trying to make us see that they can handle themselves without us the only way they can-the way we taught them." Arrow explained and Canary frowned.
"We taught them about justice-"
"and that's what they're trying to achieve, Dinah- their justice. I mean it's like Mica said-she's not a kid anymore. None of them are-we watched them grow up into the heroes they are today. Why hold them back?"
"What do you say to letting them have their own team? Strictly undercover work, letting us takes care of the big stuff as usual."
"Yes." Arrow said as soon as Canary said "No." Both blondes glared at each other while Batman simply watched. "Seriously Dinah? Look at it this way, if we keep this up they'll put their own team together and leave."
"Either way it doesn't matter-Aquaman, Flash and the others agree. Adding to Green Arrow's consent-that pretty much rules out your vote."
"You're kidding right?" Canary demanded and Arrow barked a short laugh. She glared at the archer, before turning back to Batman "she's my protégé-"
"but she's Green Arrow's daughter- his judgment out rules yours." he said and the archer snickered, as Canary caved.
"Oh fine-I give! But I get to approve over training."
"I was actually going to ask you to be their trainer anyways." Canary smirked and Batman began to take his leave, when he remembered something. "By the way, Michaela left. She found one of the zeta beams and took it to Kid Flash's house. She had a duffel bag with her, so I guess she's staying the night."
"It figures-she usually leaves the house when she's really mad at me." Green Arrow sighed.
"I'll come back in three days with my final decision." he said and they nodded watching him leave. When it was just the two of them, Canary smacked Arrow in the back of the head.
"That's for being such a smart ass." she smirked and he laughed.
"aw, you know you love me that way." he smiled at her cheekily and she turned away from him so he couldn't see the small blush that came over her cheeks.
Central City, July 4; 23:00. EDT
Mickey Queen stopped in front of the West household, before knocking on the front door. The door opened to reveal Kid Flash's mother. "Hi Mrs. West."
"Hello Mickey, it's lovely to see you again! You're just in time, the pizza just cam and Wally hasn't gotten to it yet!" she smiled ushering the sandy blonde in and took notice of her duffle bag "I take it your spending the night?"
"If it's not a problem with you and Mr. West." she smiled and Mrs. West laughed waving a dismissive hand.
"Of course it's not-you know you're always welcome here. Although Wally has a new friend over-Superboy." she said and Michaela smiled widely.
"Superboy's here?" she asked and Mrs. West nodded smiling. "I'm gonna head up-I'll take the pizzas if you want?"
"Thank you, Mickey-you're a sweetheart." she smiled and Michaela took the pizzas, heading up the stairs to go to Wally's room. Mickey had a tendency to come over to Wally or Roy's place when she didn't feel like staying at home and dealing with her father's current stupid actions. She walked to the door on the far left that had 'Wally' written on it before knocking on the door with her foot.
"Come in!" she kicked the door open and set the pizzas on the dresser and flopping down on Wally's bed.
"I see I'm in time for the sleepover." she teased as the boys came out of Wally's bathroom. "Hey guys."
"What are you doing here?" Superboy asked curiously sitting next to her as Wally went straight for the pizza.
"I got in a fight with my dad and Black Canary." she shrugged and he frowned confused.
"And?"
"I have a tendency to run away from home when I get in a fight with my dad. I either go to Speedy's place or here-so I came here. Besides, you make it sound like you're not happy to see me." she teased and he blushed shaking his head.
"I am happy to see you…" he trailed embarrassed and she smiled leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Good, cause I missed you." she smiled and he gave her a small smile. She gave him a wink and smirked, causing him to smirk as well as they got up to get some pizza. "Move it, West! We're hungry too!"
"Shut up, Mickey!" he grumbled as Mickey picked up a slice of pepperoni pizza. Superboy cocked his head to the side looking at the pizza.
"relax Superboy, Wally's parents made sure to get a lot because of how much he eats." she teased.
"high metabolism!"
"He's really just a pig." she whispered and Superboy couldn't help the small chuckle that escaped his lips. He finally grabbed a slice of pepperoni, when Mickey shoved her slice in his face. "Take a bite of mine first so that way you can decided if you like it or not."
Superboy frowned taking the pizza from her, before taking a small bite of the pizza. He chewed it for a few minutes, before smiling slightly. "It tastes… good."
"good, now give me back mine!' she teased and he gave her back the pizza. Mickey took it back and grabbed Superboy's arm, dragging him back to Wally's bed. They sat down next to each other close, their thighs touching close together. Mickey smiled before getting up and grabbing her duffel bag. "I'm putting on my pajamas!"
A few minutes later, Wally and Superboy were debating on which movie to watch when Mickey reemerged. She wore a red tank top and black basketball shorts Roy bought her from off campus and a pair of black Uggs. "I'm back!" she sang and Superboy gawked at her, wide eyed. Mickey smirked skipping over to the clone before plopping down next to him. "Hey."
"hi…" he murmured and she leaned against him.
"so what are you guys up to?"
"we're trying to decide on a movie. So what you wanna watch?" Wally asked sitting in front of the tv "We're torn between Nightmare on elm Street and Iron Man 2."
"How about we watch Zombieland?" she offered and both boys nodded their agreement. As Wally set up the movie, Mickey grabbed the pillow she usually sleeps on at Wally's house before crawling into Superboy's lap. He blushed in surprise, but wrapped his arms around her gently. Mickey leaned her head back against his chest and smiled widely as the movie began.
"Let the horror began!" Wally screamed laughing maniacally and Superboy whispered in Mickey's ear.
"Is he okay, Mimic?"
"He's fine-and we're not doing hero stuff so call me Mickey." she smiled and he nodded.
"Okay Mickey." he said and rested his head on her shoulder. Mickey smiled and rested in his embrace smiling.
Mt. Justice, July 8; 8:04, EDT
Mickey stood next to Robin as they watched the elder Leaguers fixing up Mount Justice. They looked around in awe and Mickey couldn't help but smirk.
"So, what's the big announcement about, Batsy?" she teased and Batman turned to them.
"I'll explain as soon as the others get here." he said walking away and Robin raised an eyebrow, turning to Mickey questioningly.
"The others?" he asked her and Mickey shrugged.
"How should I know?"
"You seem to know everything that goes on in the League." he shrugged and she looked away from him with hard eyes.
"I don't know everything about the League." she said and he rolled his eyes.
"right. So you honestly expect me to believe you knew nothing about Watchtower?" he asked and she turned around glaring.
"Yes, I do Robin. Look, the only Watchtower I know is the person, Watchtower who helps my dad out when he's not working on League business." she snapped "Think about it-if I knew why would I have been so confused at the Hall?"
"Oh…I guess I kinda forgot about that." he said and she smirked.
"That's why my IQ is so much higher than yours." she teased and he laughed, when the scanners went off announcing a new arrival.
"Recognize scanner Aquaman, 06. Recognize scanner Aqualad, B02." they went into the front to great the two Atlanteans.
"Hey guys!" Robin waved and Aqualad smiled at them as Aquaman went to go find Batman.
"Hello Robin; hello Mimic- it's good to see you both well." he smiled and Michaela rolled her eyes with a snort.
"I ended up getting a 'you disobeyed orders' lecture for an hour and ended up spending the night with Kid Flash and Superboy." she said before smirking slightly at the memory. Robin and Aqualad both exchanged confused looks, but shrugged it off.
"Well you got to spend the night with Kid Flash and Superboy, I was stuck in Gotham and trained 24/7!"
"Well, we did disobey direct orders." Aqualad said and both heroes turned to him, while Robin glared at him accusingly.
"You didn't get punished did you?" he asked and they stared the Atlantean down. Aqualad cleared his throat looking away and Robin gaped. "Dude! Totally not cool!"
"I didn't say that I wasn't punished. I was just punished in a way that you would not understand and let's just leave it at that." he said darkly and they exchanged odd looks. "So where are Kid Flash and Superboy?"
"Recognize scanner Kid Flash B03. Recognize scanner Flash 04. Recognize scanner Superboy B06." they turned to see said boys walking towards them.
"Alright, well looks like there's a party going on!" Flash joked and Mickey rolled her eyes, before playfully shoving him.
"Shut up, dipwad." she said and Flash raised an eyebrow, before grabbing her in a headlock.
"Aw, you know you love your uncle Flash!" he joked and she stomped on his foot, before jabbing him in the stomach. "Ah! Flash down, Flash down!"
"I swear to God you've lost your mind, Flash." she sighed and walked over to Superboy. "Howdy there partner."
"Uh…hi?" he asked and she shook her head, chuckling.
"Relax, I haven't lost my mind like that nut job." she said jerking a thumb at Flash who was walking away. Superboy gave her a small smile and she smiled back.
"Superboy, I see your well." Aqualad said as Robin and Kid Flash walked over to them.
"Yeah, I feel… good." he smiled and Kid Flash snickered.
"are you sure it wasn't because Mimic spent the night?" he teased and Mickey put a finger up, before turning to Kid. She gave him a wide smile, before kicking her right leg up straight sending Kid flying. She smirked before turning to Robin who was giving her a thumbs up.
"Nice leg work. Though next time, just turn and kick. Other than that, I think it was perfect. Your gymnastics are getting better." he smiled and Superboy turned to Aqualad confused.
"Robin has been teaching Mimic gymnastics for an extracurricular she's been doing this summer." he said and Superboy nodded as Mickey did a back flip and landed on the balls of her feet.
"It's called cheerleading, Aqua. It's a sport were a group of girls form a team and do really cool tricks to win first place." Michaela smiled and Superboy nodded, while Robin laughed.
"It makes more sense when you see it." he smiled and Kid Flash ran over.
"Ow, Mimic that hurt!" he groaned rubbing his head and Mickey folded her arms over her chest.
"Well that's what you get for being such a jerk. Now say sorry." she demanded and he opened his mouth to object, but thought better of it remembering the last time he refused to do something Mickey wanted.
"Sorry for being a jerk." he sighed and she smiled in triumph.
"That's better-now what in God's name are we waiting for?" she demanded as Batman, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Flash came over.
"We're bringing back the Secret Sanctum." Batman started and Kid Flash made a face.
"O…okay?" he said hesitantly and Flash slapped him in the head. "Ow!"
"He wasn't done yet." the older speedster said and kid Flash frowned. Aqualad sighed shaking his head, before turning to Batman.
"Please continue."
"Thank you Aqualad. Since the five of you are so adamant on staying together-"
"Hell bent is actually the correct term." Green Arrow snickered and Black Canary punched him in the arm. "Well they are!"
"Anyways, since you all want to stay together, we're putting together a new team."
"You're making another division, hmm?" Mickey smirked and the older heroes-excluding Black Canary and Aquaman- all knew what she meant.
"Mica-"
"I'm just teasing." she smiled and Batman continued.
"We're putting together a new team-strictly undercover."
"The bad guys are getting smarter-Cadmus proves that." Aquaman continued and Batman looked at them seriously.
"You all will be that team. You will work on League terms and I will deploy you on missions." he said and Robin raised an eyebrow behind his sunglasses.
"Real missions?"
"Yes Robin, real missions. Red Tornado has offered to live with you and Black Canary will be your trainer." Mickey opened her mouth to say something but Black Canary pointed a finger.
"Think about and decided if it's worth it." she warned and Mickey pouted as Batman continued.
"you all will be under cover and under cover, only. We'll handle the big stuff."
"There's a reason why we have these big targets on our chest." Flash smirked pointing to the lightening symbol on his chest.
"Well in that case, that's one nuisance down and a hundred something more to go." Mickey teased and the two shared a laugh.
"Anyways, the six of you will be that team." Batman said and Kid Flash fist pumped.
"Awesome!"
"yeah-wait a minute. The six of us?" Robin asked and Mickey groaned.
"Please don't tell me I'm gonna be on a team with all guys! It's alright bad enough I have to deal with Thing 1 and Thing 2!" she cried pointing to Robin and Kid Flash. Kid Flash stuck out his tongue out at Mickey and Robin simply laughed with the other two boys. Their laughter soon died when a door opened to reveal Martian Manhunter and a girl around Mickey's age. She had red hair and amber eyes with green skin. She rubbed her arms nervously and Manhunter had a comforting hand on her back.
"This is Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian." Batman said and Kid Flash nudged Robin in the stomach.
"I'm liking this gig, more and more! Welcome-I'm Kid Flash!" he smiled walking towards her "That's Aqualad, Robin, Mimic and Superboy-it's okay if you forget their names, though."
The heroes slowly walked over to the new comer, while Superboy faltered.
"Hey Superboy, come meet Miss. M!" Robin said waving him over and Mickey gave him an encouraging smile.
"Finally, I'm not the only girl with theses idiots." she mocked jerking a thumb at the boys. Miss Martian let out a small giggle and Mickey had a feeling she was going to like the Martian girl, when Superboy walked over. Miss Martian let out a small blush when her white shirt turned black.
"I like your shirt." she smiled shyly and Superboy blinked, before smiling slightly. Mickey raised an eyebrow and Robin gave her a warning glance. The Boy Wonder knew what she was up to almost as if she read her mind.
"Mimic, don't even-"
"Don't know what you're-"
"You know exactly-"
"No, I don't-"
"Yes you-"
"What are we even-"
"Don't you-"
"Don't I-"
"Seriously Mimic-"
"I don't even-"
"WILL YOU GUYS STOP IT? YOU KNOW I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THIS!" Robin and Mickey stopped turning to a fuming Flash. Most people would have thought it was Kid Flash, but instead it was the older speedster who lost his cool. The two heroes exchanged a glance before laughing wildly.
"It's okay-this is completely normal between them." Kid Flash assured Superboy and Miss Martian, as Aqualad sighed shaking his head. "You see, Robin and mimic have these things were its kinda like he reads her mind and then they know what they're going to say, so they keep cutting each other off. Sometimes they'll just look at each other and do it with their eyes. It's really kinda creepy when you think about it." Miss Martian nodded absorbing the new information, but Superboy frowned not liking the fact one bit. Mickey stopped laughing when she took in Superboy's angered expression.
"Aw, is somebody mad?" she teased and he huffed looking away from her. She placed her arm around his shoulders smiling widely. He averted her gaze, but did nothing to move her arm. Mickey smirked before walking over to the group with Superboy in tow.
"Speedy was so wrong." Kid smirked and Mickey nodded in agreement.
"Today is the day." Aqualad smiled as he looked over their new team.
* Bet you weren't expecting that were you?
So that's that. I'll update hopefully next week or the week after, since I'm going away next week! Hope you all figured out what Robin and Mickey were arguing about! R&R