Author's Note:

Hi everyone! I haven't been on for a while now. Well... only been reading. For me, it has been a long time since I have updated 'My Sun And Stars' and 'First Female Scarlet Runner'. It will probably won't take me too long to constantly update this one for the ideas are beginning to cram!

I hope you enjoy for I honestly (not trying to sound vain here) LOVE this fanfic that I'm making!

DISCLAIMER: I HATE WRITING THESE SO YOU GET THE POINT. WE'D ALL KNOW HOW THE JUSTICE LEAGUE AND YOUNG JUSTICE WOULD BE IF I TOTALLY OWNED THEM.

Scarlet

All Katherine could do at the moment was gaze upon her unbelievably incredible new uniform. How one person could make something so extravagant was mind blowing.

Barry could see the love for an item in Katherine's eyes. He knew that Zatanna would make the perfect costume for she had helped Wally with his.

"Do you like it?" Barry couldn't stop the question from escaping his lips.

Katherine grinned, ear to ear, "Of course! I love it! I wouldn't be able to thank Zatanna enough!" That statement was true, even if she still had false thoughts about her choice in men.

The way that Katherine looked at herself almost made her look selfobsorbed. Barry let his goofy grin radiate.

They continued down the hallway of the Watch Tower making their way to the BETA beams, or the teleporters, in the Core.

Most of the Leaguers that passed by them looked at Katherine with a confused flicker in their eyes. None of them ever stopped and said anything.

Once they reached the BETA transporter, Katherine spotted J'onn working on the control panel by the Core's monitors.

"Ok, so before the first time you go though, J'onn will have to scan you. Walk right over there and he'll help you through the process." Barry was obviously in a serious rush, "See you in a flash!" With that he sped off.

Katherine was left all alone in the Core, with no one to help her with the exception of the Martian Manhunter that she was supposed to approach.

Not wanting to embarrass herself in front of the entire Justice League, she didn't even try to speed. She simply walked leisurely up to the Martian who was hard at work on the BETA transporter's control panels and monitoring the world's crisis, all at one time.

"Katherine Summers, is wonderful to finally meet you." His voice was slick and smooth, he sounds very confident in what he's saying.

He turns around and faces the middle aged teen with tender eyes.

"What can I do for you?"

Katherine felt calmed after he started talking, it reminded her of Bob Ross's voice, the painter.

"Oh, Ba- I mean, The Flash told me to ask you for assistance? I'm to report to the Hall Of Justice where Nightwing's core is stationed." As she spoke, Katherine noticed the control panel was still moving, the buttons were still being pressed by some unknown force. Everything just seemed a tad bit creepier in reality…

"Of course, I have the BETA transporter prepared for a new scan."

He moved silently over to one of the teleporters, "Here, take a step and it'll scan you for DNA, body structure, and for metas, your different physiology and unnatural adaptations."

Katherine moved over to the white dot on the floor and stood on top of it.

When she turned back around to face the opening of the BETA transporter, J'onn was walking back to the control panel.

There felt like a knock on her head, nothing physical though. She assumed that it felt like someone was trying to ask for an invite into he mind. Assuming it was J'onn, she opened up her mind, letting him in.

"Katherine, I'm sorry for the intrusion, but I don't find it polite to yell across the entire Core." His echoing voice ringed in her head.

"No, its fine." Katherine always hypothesized that psychic communication would leave a bad 'aftertaste', or so she described it to be. Sure enough, J'onn's silent exchange with her left her mind tasting disgustingly.

"I need you to face the interior of the BETA transporter. This process will not work if you have your back face the scanner."

Katherine turned around and faced the black and gray interior of the dark wall.

"Precisely, now I need you to walk towards the wall. Don't stop, keep walking until you reach the other side."

She didn't understand what J'onn meant, but she assumed that he walk talking about reaching her 'destination'.

She walked forward thinking that she was going to hit the wall, but ended up walking out of the BETA transporter. She looked around and saw that she had traveled to the other side of the Core.

Taking her time to get to the control panel, she spotted Shyera Hol flying up the Core making her way to the next level. She made a conscious effort to remember to introduce herself to her since they might 'work' together in the future.

"Good, the BETA successfully scanned all your DNA and geno information. You should be able to safely and securely travel through the BETA transporters." J'onn was still furiously typing at the control panel finishing up the last details of the scan.

"Thank you J'onn, this means a lot. I will admit, all this is quite exhilarating." She was sincere about it, why wouldn't she be? He just gave her access to the superheroes' home base.

The Martian's let a small smile escape his lips as he density shifted beneath the floor. The alien act made a shiver crawl down her spine.

Katherine had no idea how to work the BETA control panel, but she would soon find out if she was a fast learner. J'onn J'onzz left her alone to fend for herself, making her get help or teach herself.

Hoping that she wouldn't accidentally blow up the entire Watch Tower, she hesitantly started to type on the panel.

Slowly growing confident of her ability to manage the control panel, she looks for a way to BETA her to the Hall Of Justice. She was to report there immediately under direct orders from the Batman.

Finally finding her way around the panel, she typed in the location and walked through the teleporter and next thing she knew, she found herself walking in the Hall Of Justice's main hall. There was not even a soul to be found.

She ran a hand through her hair in exasperation, apparently the League members left newbies to survive on their own.

Slowly walking down the hallway, Katherine ran a finger around the edges of mask that laid perfectly against her skin.

It seemed so desolate, the eerie silence of nothing was uncomfortable and almost frightening.

After exploring every inch of her mask, she played with the edges of her half finger sleeves/gloves. The fabric was a beautiful red and was as soft as a baby's butt.

Trotting down the bleak hallway that seemed to continue forever, Katherine finally had enough. She finally realized that they probably saw her as an intruder for they have never seen or even heard of her before.

"Ok, I realize that maybe I might look like an intruder, but really, guys, I'm not. I would have thought Batman reported to you about my arrival already." She stopped walking, but there still was no sound. She could hear her own heart beating.

Standing there silently, still waiting for a sound, Katherine saw a flash of yellow breeze by.

She knew that it was Kid Flash.

Smiling while biting down on her lower lip, she tried to speed. Her effort was futile, for she could not speed no matter how diligently she tried.

Learning how to become the first female scarlet speedster was not going to be easy…

Huffing in despair, she trudged along following the disturbed dirt.

A few seconds later, the yellow blaze came back around.

The boy in yellow and red stopped directly in front of Katherine and he had his hand on his hips and looked directly into her face. He was digging deep through his mind looking for the name of the familiar face in front of him.

Katherine thought he looked constipated, barely holding back a giggle.

"Who are you…?" After a long stare down, he finally gave up and decided to introduce himself the old fashion way for he did see her come through the BETA and Batman did inform them about a new member to Nightwing's core who was due to arrive soon.

"I'm…" Katherine never gave it thought that one day she might call herself by a name she would be known by, a name that the public eye will come to love and praise for she would save them on multiple occasions. "Just call me Scarlet."

I'm so sorry that this chapter was really short for I wasn't sure where I was going to end it if I were to continue. I have a lot more of this story written, but I won't update more than once a day per story.

Let's just keep it interesting!

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