So, just to be clear, this Deadshot is the Young Justice version (yes, there was a Young Justice version in the tie-in comics to the show), but will also be a bit of a composite with the Arkham series version, with just a hint of the Justice League one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Halo, Young Justice or Killzone.


It was a nice sunny day, a perfect time for a grand political gathering and speech on this world in the Outer Colonies. Naturally, this also meant the politician was ripe for assassination. Of course, security had taken precautions, erecting a small energy shield in front of the podium, which prevented any projectile from being shot directly at him.

Furthermore, UNSC marksmen and security had already set up at what would've been ideal sniper locations, to dissuade anyone else from doing the same. Combine that with the Hornets that patrolled the skies, and anyone who attempted an assassination would have to be quite bold or quite clever.

Luckily for Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot, he was both. He had taken up a sniper perch further away from the rally than even the best UNSC marksman would choose, and for good reason; it didn't have a direct line of sight on the target. This might've been a dealbreaker for other snipers, but for Deadshot, it was a difficult, but not impossible shot.

He had a plan to make it as well: his sniper rifle's bullets were capable of ricocheting off of multiple objects, and he planned to use it to bypass the podium's limited shielding and hit the target indirectly. Now, all he needed was one of the patrolling Hornets to move towards the spot he needed them to be.

As he took aim and waited for his opening, he thought back to why he was here. The Light had contracted him out to the Separatists, who apparently needed an excellent assassin, and had given him a target, some political leader in the UNSC Outer Colonies. The hope was that killing him would cause unrest, distracting the UNSC and ONI further.

A crowd had gathered around the rally, consisting of mostly humans, but there were some Sangheili, Yonhet and Unggoy in the crowd as well. This world was a favored spot for asylum seekers of the former Covenant. At that moment, the Hornet moved into position, and Deadshot immediately took aim.

Breathing out, he squeezed the trigger. The result was instantaneous. The shot richocheted off the side of the Hornet, then hit the wall right next to where a UNSC marksman was stationed. The bullet didn't stop there, flying straight over the podium and shield until it hit at an angle, rebounded off the floor of the podium and ricocheted right back into the politician's head.

For a second, there was silence, then screaming rent the air as people started panicking. Security was slow to react, as they were all unsure as to where the shot had come from. Deadshot smiled under his mask and abandoned his perch, moving towards the designated extraction point.

He headed down into the sewers, eager to avoid attention, considering his current attire would make him stand out in a crowd. With a red and silver bodysuit with a silver mask with one of the eyeholes including a glowing red scope, well, it was hard to be inconspicious in that.

Using a motorcycle that had been acquired and stashed down here for this very purpose, Deadshot rode through the sewers at high speed, reveling in the fact that he didn't have any superheroes attempting to halt him as he made his escape. It was so much easier to flee when he didn't have a Kryptonian on his tail. Soon enough, he was just a short distance away from the extraction area, and climbed up the sewer gate.

He was in an abandoned alley in the outskirts of the city, just a mile away from the ship. The forest that hid the vessel was in sight, and with UNSC forces still confused, he would get away with ease.

"Hold it right there!"

Deadshot froze. Then with a sigh, he put his hands in the air. "Turn around." He did so, finding himself face to face with a squad of five of the planet's security forces. He smirked under his mask.

"You're under arrest." The squad leader declared. "You're coming with us."

Deadshot paid him no mind, already thinking up a plan to deal with them. Through his visor, he could see that none of them were using energy shields, which made this a hell of a lot easier.

"Don't be so sure about that." Floyd said, causing the soldiers to tense up. It didn't help them.

While UNSC troops had been using weak energy shields, it was a luxury that was still unafforded by the bulk of this world's security forces. And even if they were, the shields were nowhere near the level of a Spartan: A single high caliber round could penetrate the shield and kill the wearer with ease.

Not that this mattered to Deadshot, seeing as he had a far higher caliber on his wrist guns. Acting quickly, he lowered his arm and fired one round, which killed all five of the security troopers by rebounding off of their weapons, parts of their armor, and even bouncing off the alley wall at one point.

As soon as the troopers had fallen, four more immediately moved up to take their place. Unfortunately for them, they were the only reinforcements they had. Apparently, the police and UNSC were spread thin trying to track the assassin down. This was good news for Deadshot, who gunned them down without hesitation.

With all the soldiers down, Deadshot was free to get back to the ship. Running through the nearby forest, he pulled the camouflage netting off the Overlord dropship that had brought him here.

As soon as he was onboard the Separatist issued dropship, he slammed his fist on the cockpit door, as a signal for the pilot to get moving. Activating FTL travel as soon as it was airborne, the dropship fled with Deadshot onboard, leaving chaos and confused analysts and AIs in his wake.


A few hours later, several such analysts and an AI were the first to look at what happened during the assassination, piecing together the shooter's perch and his path of extraction from scattered camera recordings, and bullet forensics. The latter had them especially baffled, to say the least.

"Are you sure you're functioning correctly?"

"I am working at optimal capacity." The AI Gibbs retorted. "The numbers are accurate."

"There has to be some kind of mistake." Veta Lopis replied. "Because that just isn't possible!"

The reactions of security had been stymied by the fact that no one had known where the bullet had come from. Initially, it had seemed like one of the snipers assigned to protect the target had been responsible for the shot, but that was quickly debunked when the suspect in question had reported the bullet mark right next to his perch.

Combine that with the Hornet that reported that it had been shot at, and it painted a very disturbing image that someone had managed to ricochet a sniper round off of several surfaces to hit the target.

Any attempt to dismiss that as blind luck fell apart when they found the security squad that had briefly cornered the assassin had been killed by one bullet. This led to the current argument between human and AI.

"C'mon, not even SPARTAN-058 could pull off that shot with a sniper rifle, let alone a hand gun." Lopis protested. "No one is that good."

"Well apparently the Separatists know someone who is."

Lopis rubbed her eyes tiredly and sighed. She had been at this for several hours, investigating the events that had happened here alongside other ONI operatives. And the more she saw, the harder it was to believe.

It didn't help that the confusion had slowed the response of security in regards to intercepting the assassin, and the response they had was sloppy. Two dead squads attested to that fact.

"Right, send this information to command." Lopis ordered.

Gibbs nodded and his avatar vanished, leaving the former Gao detective alone with her thoughts. One way or another, she could be sure of one thing: Admiral Osman was going to want to hear about this.


Well, suffice to say ONI would definitely be interested in Deadshot. Seriously, that guy's improbable aiming skills definitely put Linda's to shame (never seen her make a shot where it ricocheted off several different surfaces).

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter.