Young Justice: Drive to Survive
There are some things I will list:
1) The first thing I will note is that this is a different Krim Steinbelt, so some places and things may change. Think Kamen Rider Decade. Same people, different circumstances.
2) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of "Young Justice" (Animation, Comics, and otherwise) with some changes here and there AS NECESSARY.
3) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of "Kamen Rider Drive" (TV show, Movies, Games, and TCG) with some changes AS NECESSARY.
4) This is the Dialogue layout: "Regular Dialogue" – [DRIVER DIALOGUE] – "Roidmudes Dialogue" – (Psychic Dialogue) – {Sound effects} – "Magic Incantation" – {("Translated Dialogue")}
5) Most importantly: I DO NOT own Kamen Rider as it is the property of Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishinomori Productions, Toei Company, Ltd., and Bandai Co., Ltd.
6) I also DO NOT own YOUNG JUSTICE as it is the property of DC Comics, Inc., DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, and Time Warner and all its subsidiaries.
7) What I DO own, is the resulting OCs, OLs (Original Locations), and most of the OSC+BF (Original Shift Cars plus Bikes and Forms) created for the current fan-fiction.
Replacement
GOTHAM CITY – August 7 – 22:42
Above the buildings heading home by jumping from roof top to roof top, Artemis was in her own thoughts. She questioned herself as to why she was still doing this sort of work. She didn't know what she was trying to prove, she couldn't even find any crime to fight, an odd situation in Gotham, of all places.
She crawled into her room window and barely stepped her foot on her bed when her mother called.
"Artemis! Could you come out here please?"
"Um, sure, Mom." She answered. "Just a sec…"
She found it odd that her mother would call her just as she was coming in, but shook it off as mere coincidence. She took off her mask and hid her bow and arrows under the bed. Unable to get out of her outfit quickly, she grabbed a white bathrobe and covered herself up. When she opened her room door, her eyes shrank a bit. Her wheelchair bound mother had a worried look in her eyes. Sitting on the armrest of the couch, Green Arrow looking at her and next to him, standing on full alert, was Batman. Her first thought was 'Why are they here?' and then her eyes went to her mother, Paula Crock. A slender, Vietnamese woman, she was a paraplegic, being crippled after taking the fall for her estranged husband, Crusher Crock, during one of their crimes. During those days, she was called Huntress. Artemis worried that her mother had slipped back into her old criminal life and that the Justice League had come for her. So she asked her flat out.
"MOM! What did you do?!" But Batman stepped in.
"We're here to see you." He said to Artemis in a flat tone.
"Artemis, we know what you've been up to." Arrow added. Upon hearing that she felt threatened and reacted defensively.
"And you came to stop me?!" She yelled. "Well, you can just forget-"
"No." Interrupted Batman. "The Justice League has formed a covert team of young heroes… as I believe you already know."
"Hmmp!" Artemis felt the jig was up, but still put up tough front.
"We'd like you to join." Batman continued.
"If you expect an apology for saving Kid Flash and Drive's—Wait. What?" She stopped arguing to catch up to what the Dark Knight just said.
"We think you'd make a great addition to The Team." Green Arrow told her before looking at Paula. "IF it's alright to your mother."
"You have my permission." Paula said with a light but proud smile. While she didn't like that fact that her daughter would be put in dangerous situations, she felt that Artemis would benefit more under the League's tutelage, living an honest life of a hero, rather than one in the slums of Gotham, running the risk of becoming a criminal. Artemis looked at her mother and worried more. While she thought about how Drive didn't care about her family's criminal past, she couldn't say the same about the others. She didn't know anything about them, save for the media, and didn't want to run the risk of them turning on her if they found out who her parents were. So, looking the two leaguers in the eyes, she spoke her words.
"One condition: You don't tell the team who I am…" She glanced at her mother. "…who my family is." Paula looked visibly hurt from her daughter's decision, but accepted it as it was probably for the best.
"Your private life is your business." Batman told her frankly.
"Not like you're the first hero with a Secret Identity." Arrow quipped, He then made a grin. "We'll introduce you as my new protégé and my niece. Hey, we're both blond." Artemis smiled wide as she accepted his proposal.
"Then I'm in! I'm so in!"
STEINBELT ISLAND ESTATE – 23:13
Krim floated inside a tube filled with medicinal fluid. A long breathing apparatus, covering his mouth and nose, prevented him from drowning. After coming back to the Drive Pit, Krim almost collapsed in great pain from the day's endeavours. Getting worked over by the Justice League, mainly Wonder Woman, and surviving an attack from the Roidmudes, that exacerbated his injuries, had taken their toll. Medic and her maid cars quickly sent him to the Medical Room and placed him inside the tank for hours, so the repairs to his injuries where almost done.
While his body healed, his mind was in full swing as calculations and formulas for the creation of a medical Shift Car were running in his mind. 'After I finish my medical bath, I will get to work on a First-Aid type of Shift Car so this does not happen again.' He thought. Just as he was about to sleep through the rest of the healing process, a call alert came on, annoying him. 'Who is it now?'
A holographic screen came on and it showed that the League was calling him.
"Sigh… Voice modulation, third screen, accept call." He said under the mask.
Batman came onto the screen. Though Krim saw Batman as is, Batman only saw Drive with a white background.
"Batman."
"Drive."
"How did you find out about the location of my home earlier?"
Batman slightly smiled and continued on. "The League would like you to attend a gathering tomorrow evening in order to get to know who you'll be working with from time to time."
"…" Drive looked at him with very rude thoughts. 'Pompous, Cave-dwelling, little-!' "When and where?"
"Mount Justice, 19:00 hours."
"I'll be there."
"Batman out." The call ended like that, leaving Krim to curse the Dark Knight and hope he stepped on some dog excrement.
INFINITY ISLAND – 23:49
A dark figure was running along the rooftop of an old eastern styled building. It was Speedy, or as he now called himself, Red Arrow. Ditching the old outfit he wore during his time with Green Arrow, he now donned a sleeveless, predominantly black suit, with a red chest and collar, maintaining the black domino mask. His quiver was now attached with two dark grey shoulder straps connected across the chest, and his black gloves were fingerless for easier access to his weapons.
He fired an arrow from his new compound bow that hit a fully masked, armed guard. It stuck fast as electricity shocked the man into unconsciousness. Moving along the railway, he fired another onto the decorative ledge of another roof using a Grappling Arrow that unfolded and held his weight as he quickly climbed up. He stuck to the shadows, avoiding any source of light as he hid behind a wall. Taking aim he fired another arrow that landed next to a camera. The head lit up several times and wirelessly hacked the feed. At the monitoring room, a screen fuzzed for a split second before going back to normal. The guard turned and noticed nothing amiss so went back to his duties, unaware that the feed he saw was just a recurring loop.
Coming out of the wall, he fired another Taser Arrow that downed one of two guards. The other guard turned and was about to fire but a second Taser Arrow kept him quiet.
In a room a scientist was typing away on a single computer that was connected to several large machines, while being watched by two armed guards. She was a blond with near shoulder-length hair, and blue eyes hidden behind a pair of large round glasses. She wore a white lab coat, with the sleeves rolled up, that covered her olive green V-neck shirt and dark-blue pants that reached her ankles. The screen in front of her show data and an image of a metal bug.
"We're losing patience." Warned one of the guards. "Complete the project or forfeit your life."
"I'm completing it as fast as I can." The scientist answered, not looking away from the computer.
Suddenly the iron door behind the guards knocked a few times. One of the guards turned to look, only for him to get squashed when the door was knocked down on top of him. Red Arrow walked in, causing the guard to get over his stupor. He turned and only fired a few shots before Red Arrow moved his gun up and took him down with a series of swift blows from his bow, finishing him off with his fist. He walked over the desk with the computer. "Dr. Roquette." He said as he passed by.
"Tell me you're the advance guy." She said with some hope in her voice.
"The only guy." Red Arrow told her as he took out an arrow from his quiver.
"You couldn't bring back up?" She complained. "What, were there budget cuts?"
The sound of bells rang throughout the complex as the sounds of more men came from down the hall. Red Arrow took aim and blow a hole in the wall using an Explosive Arrow. "Now or never time, doc." Dr. Roquette looked at the mechanical apparatus.
"We can't leave this." She told him. Her hands were on top of a tall black cylinder.
"Look, I take "it" or I take you." Red Arrow pointed out. With such a decision, what choice did she have?
"Right, take me." She decided, taking off her glasses for her escape.
Red Arrow fired a Zip-line Arrow down, tightened the rope, and hooked a grip handle on the line. He then reached out to the doctor. "Hang on!" They leaped of the edge just as the men in black outfits came in and started shooting. Dr. Roquette screamed on the way down, holding Red Arrow for dear life. They landed on the beachhead and ran from the gunfire raining on them. Reaching the water's edge, Red Arrow quickly ran over to a floating object concealed in a camo-cover. Pulling it off, with Dr. Roquette's help, underneath was a blue speedboat. Jumping in, bullet fire was coming out from the jungle.
"What do you call this, the Arrow Boat?" She joked to hide her fear.
"I call it a rental, now get down!" He replied in annoyance as he pushed her head down to avoid her getting shot. He pushed the throttle and pressed a button next to a small screen. A yellow arrow showed their position and lighting up multiple times was the many bombs Red Arrow placed around the beach head. As they zoomed off to sea, explosions rocked the area, ensuring the two's escape. "I think we're in the clear." Dr. Roquette raised her head and looked back before turning with a worried look.
"Great, leaves only one problem."
Back at the room with the computer, two men were looking over the system. One was a tall lean-bodied man in a predominately dark red cloak that hid the rest of his body and a pair of fingerless gloves. He had a pencil thin mustache and a metal helmet with a black mono-eye screen that covered his head from his eyes up. He was professor Ojo.
"Well?" Asked the other older man. He had long grey hair, with black eyebrows. One scar across the left brow over the eye and down to the cheek was visible. His left eye was pales showing a level of blindness. He wore an open deep red Shenyi coat with gold trimmings over his shirtless muscular body, a pair of dark red pants, and a pair of cloth slip-on shoes. Known within the League of Shadows simply as Sensei. Ojo pressed a few buttons and looked at his companion.
"She finished." He told him. "We're good to go." The old man smiled sinisterly after hearing that. Unknown to either of them, a metal bat hanging on the ceiling had quietly flew off.
MOUNT JUSTICE – August 8, 09:58
The sky was blue, the sun was shining, and four young teens were coming out of the mountain.
Megan was running ahead with a surf board under her arm. She wore a pair of short yellow swim trunks with matching swim top. She smiled as she reached the sea. "Hello, Megan!" She exclaimed as the others came up to her. Rob –Robin– was wearing his black shades and a pair of dark blue swim trunks with red trimming. Kaldur'ahm had blue swim trunks with dark blue trimming, and Conner was wearing charcoal black swim trunks with white lines on the waist band and along the sides. "We should hit the beach every day!"
"First, a moment of silence for our… absent comrade…" Rob said solemnly.
"Poor Wally." Megan said in sadness.
KEYSTONE HIGH SCHOOL – 09:00
Wally made a dopey face as he couldn't believe his bad luck. The old teacher finished writing his name on the white board and turned to the class.
"Welcome, Class, to the first day of sophomore year."
"Hununa…" Wally groaned as he slid down on his seat lifelessly.
STEINBELT AUTOMOTIVES – GOTHAM BRANCH – 09:30
Krim was currently looking up resumes of potential security workers for the company. While there were security firms that he could hire to protect his assets, they were too broad a range in terms of employees, and as for private security companies, who employ trained professionals, they were usually filled with former mercenaries and men and women who had… Questionable military backgrounds. As such, Krim preferred to go through the paperwork himself and because of this, there is no employee that he hasn't vetted personally. As he sifted through each promising resume, he came upon one person that immediately caught his interest.
Turning it around, on the back it showed how this person admitted their criminal past and Krim nodded at it. "I think I have found bit of gold amongst the rocks." He picked up the phone as he dialed the number written on the paper.
MOUNT JUSTICE – 10:31
Conner, Rob, and Kalder'ahm were sitting on the beach as Megan was surfing a bit. Connor looked a bit out of it.
"So how's Superman doing?" Rob asked.
"He's okay, I guess." He responded. "Still, when dad came home with a bullet wound in his shoulder, both Lois and I freaked out."
"I suppose it is understandable since your father is usually invulnerable to such weapons." Kalder surmised. "But these Roidmudes and their ability to bypass his greatest defence do pose a problem."
"Plus their power to slow down time around them." Rob added. "A real pain."
"Did Batman find anything out?"
"Not yet, but he did identify what the particles are made of, so it only a matter of time before he'll have the means to counter it like Drive does."
"Speaking of Drive, what's his deal?" Conner wondered. "First we're working alongside him, then suddenly he's fighting toe to toe with the League, and now my dad says, that he's working with us again? I don't get it."
"I don't wanna think too much about it, things like that get really messy to figure out." Rob said, before noticing Conner staring at Megan.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Dude, when are you going to tell her?" Rob flat out asked him.
"T-Tell who what?" Conner stuttered as he didn't expect Rob to ask such a question.
"He is right, Conner." Kalder agreed. "The longer you take, the harder it will be to reveal your feelings."
"Wha-Did you tell him?" Conner asked with a frown.
"Please." Rob scoffed. "I knew the second you laid eyes on her."
"I wasn't that obvious… was I?"
"It was like the Joker in a library." Robin laughed. "The way you looked at her in her swimsuit, I was expecting heat vision to come out!" Conner's face turned red after hearing that.
"We are not hurrying you, just giving you advice." Kalder said as he got up from his spot. "Now if you don't mind, I am going to show Megan how to properly surf these waves." He started walking, but stopped and raised his brow. "Unless you'd care to do it yourself?" Conner smiled and quickly got up, running over to Megan. While he didn't think he was ready to tell her his feelings yet, spending time with her was just as precious to him.
CENTRAL CITY HIGH – 15:30
The School bell rang as Wally dashed out of the building, hooting and howling in joy, before heading home to get his things.
MOUNT JUSTICE – THE CAVE – 19:55
Red Tornado, Drive, Batman, Green Arrow and Artemis were with the Team as they waited for their final member.
"He is late…" Drive said with a hint of annoyance.
"I don't get it. Why is the fastest guy here, taking so long?" Artemis asked, putting her hand on her hip.
"Kid Flash should be here any minute." Miss Martian said with optimism.
"RECOGNIZED – KID FLASH – B-03." Said the computer as a portal opened up.
"There he is now!" Miss Martian smiled at Artemis. "I'm sure you two will get along famously."
The portal closed and Wally was in his yellow swim trunks with red zig-zag trimming on it. He was carrying various items, from beach chair to a CD radio. "The Wall-Man is here!" He announced. "Now let's get this party star-!" He tripped on the beach umbrella and fell flat on the floor, dropping everything and sending a beach ball bouncing past Red Tornado and Batman. "-ted…" The Team couldn't help but smile at his antics.
"Wall-Man, huh?" Artemis began to joke. "I love the uniform. What exactly are your powers?"
"From his attire and his unique "Arsenal", I would assume starting parties." Drive smirked. "With his brand of justice, I am sure he is a hit with the villains." Robin and Artemis snickered, while Wally took it in stride as he got up.
"That's only ONE of my awesome powers." He said in pure confidence before looking at the lady archer. "By the way, who's this?"
"Artemis, your new teammate." She answered with a smile.
"Kid Flash, never heard of you." He retorted, making her smile fade a bit. Green Arrow stepped in to explain.
"Um, she my new protégé." He said.
"What happened to your old one?" Wally asked in concern, before the transport system came on again.
"RECOGNIZED – SPEEDY – B-06."
"Well for starters, he doesn't go by Speedy anymore." Red Arrow said in annoyance. "Call me Red Arrow." Green Arrow was surprised by his former protégé's new attire.
"Roy, you look-"
"-Replaceable." The red archer interrupted with a slight hint of accusation.
"It's not like that." Green Arrow countered. "You told me that you were going solo."
"So why waste time finding a sub?!" Red Arrow questioned. "Can she even use that bow?"
"Yes, she can." Artemis said walking to his face.
"Who are you?" Wally asked her.
""I'm his/She's my niece."" Both Artemis and Green Arrow said at once.
"Another niece?" Robin asked Drive who remained quiet. Drive knew the truth, but wondered why she hid it.
"But she is not your replacement." Aqualad assured Red Arrow. "We have always wanted you on the team and we have no quota on archers."
"And if we did, you know who we'd pick." Wally added.
"Whatever, Baywatch." Artemis said in a slightly fed-up manner. "I'm here to stay."
"These are the people I will be working with?" Drive asked Robin who shrugged with a smile.
"Dysfunctional team thing." He told him. "You'll get used to it."
"Sigh… Either way, you came for a reason, did you not?" Drive asked Red Arrow, who looked back at him with a questioning look.
"Who are you?"
"Drive, Mr. Harper."
"!" Red Arrow was surprised for a moment after hearing his last name. "How-?"
"He knows everyone's secret identity." Robin answered.
"And threatened the Justice League." Wally added before thinking back. "And I think he fought them too?"
"And won." Drive finished as he folded his arms.
"…" Red Arrow looked to Leaguers and they nodded. He was about to say something, but noticed the time on the holographic screen. "There are some questions I wanna ask you, but for now, do you know a Dr. Serling Roquette?"
"If I remember correctly, she is a Nanorobotics genius and claytronics expert at Royal University in Star City." The screen lit up multiple windows filled with data concerning her.
"Yeah, but she vanished two weeks ago." Robin pointed out, looking at his digital gauntlet.
"Abducted 2 weeks ago." Red Arrow corrected. "By the league of shadows."
"Whoa! You want us to rescue her from the shadows?" Robin asked excitedly.
"Hard-core." Wally said bumping fists with the Boy Wonder.
"I already rescued her." Red Arrow said as he walked over to the screens and loaded new data showing a metal bug. "Only one problem. The Shadows had already coerced her into creating a weapon. Doc calls it the Fog, comprised of millions of microscopic robots. Nanotech infiltrators capable of disintegrating anything in their path- Concrete, steel, flesh, bone."
"But its true purpose isn't mere destruction, is it?" Drive asked with certainty.
"Correct, their real intention for it: Theft. The infiltrators eat and store raw data from any computer system and deliver the stolen Intel to the shadows, providing them access to weapons, strategic defence, cutting-edge science and tech."
"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power broking. Yeah, sounds like the Shadows." Artemis said as if it was business as usual.
"Like you know anything about the Shadows." Wally scoffed, but Artemis only smiled mysteriously.
"Who are you?!" The young speedster demanded.
"Surely, you have some plan to deal with this "Fog." Drive figured.
"Roquette's working on a virus to render the Fog inert." Red Arrow answered, causing Robin to come to a realization.
"But if the Shadows know she can do that…"
"They'll target her." The red archer continued. "Right now, she's off the grid."
"Where is her location?" Drive asked.
"I stashed her at the local high school's computer lab."
"You left her alone?" Green Arrow asked in shock.
"She's safe enough for now."
"Then let's you and I keep her that way." Green Arrow suggested, making his former sidekick frown.
"You and I? Don't you wanna' take your new protégé?" Green Arrow was about to say something but Batman wordlessly stopped him. Realizing he was getting too heated, he took a step back.
"You brought this to the Team. It's their mission, which means it's hers now, too."
"Tch… Then my job is done." Red Arrow walked to the transport system that announced his leaving. "RECOGNIZED – SPEEDY." He was annoyed by it. "That's "Red Arrow – B-06." Update." In a flash of light, he was gone. Drive held his chin under his arms as he thought about the League of Shadows. His information about them was limited at best. They were not very open about their business like some villains normally are, due to using a closed network, away from conventional systems, plus hundreds of years filled with stealth and subterfuge to keep themselves hidden in the darkness didn't help. Because of this, Drive had no way of knowing where they were or who their members are, save for their leader and his daughter who were only known due to their usual scuffles with Batman and Robin.
"Everyone, prep up." Green Arrow told the Team. "You leave in fifteen."
HAPPY HARBOR – JERRY SIEGEL PARK – 20:30
Two people were sitting in on a bench. One was a pale bald man in a grey hunter's outfit, reading the paper. The other was a pale, bald woman with no distinguishing looks, in a grey dress suit going through a magazine.
"My Lord, the signal has not moved for three hours." Said the woman. "Shall I head to the mission location?"
"You may proceed S054." S003 answered though the communication system inside her head. "If you spot Drive or the League, DO NOT engage. That's the job of S199."
"Yes, my Lord." Both of them got up and headed off into the wooded area. Activating a device, a red portal opened up and she stepped through. After it closed, the man left in a fast pace towards the east.
HAPPY HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL – 21:53
The Team, plus Drive, were stationed at various locations around the school. Miss Martian was perched on the rooftop with her ship invisibly floating in the air, Superboy was outside, patrolling the grounds, and Drive was canvasing the halls. Everyone else was inside the school's computer lab with Dr. Roquette, who was typing away on the school computer. Aqualad was quietly checking out the door before ordering Miss Martian to link them up due to not wanting the League of Shadows intercepting their comms.
(Everyone online? Ohh!) Artemis thought in surprise. (This is weird.)
(And distracting.) Roquette complained with her mind. (Coding a distributive algorithm virus on a kiddie computer with less ram than a wristwatch is hard enough. Now I have to hear teen-think in my skull?)
(Lady, do you always complain when someone tries to help you?) Kid Flash asked while eating a banana.
(Pot, Kettle. Have you met?) Artemis mocked.
(Hey, Hey, I do not need attitude from the newbie who drove Red Arrow off the team.)
(That is so not on me.)
(That is enough the both of you!) Drive told them while focusing on his old voice. (We are supposed to be professionals! Leave your personal issues in the trunk once a mission starts.)
(She started it!)
(Did not!)
(I do not CARE who started it! Dr. Roquette is risking her life to save the world and it would best if we protect her WITHOUT THE PETTY SQUABBLES!)
(Look, how 'bout I just help Miss Martian and Superboy patrol the perimeter?) Artemis offered as she left.
(Good idea.) Aqualad agreed, thankful that the sudden argument had come to an end. (Dr. Roaquette, Drive, you both have my apologies. We are not normally like this.)
(As long as I can get some peace and quiet so I can work, then it's fine.) The doctor sighed in annoyance.
(Do not mind it, Aqualad.) Drive held his chin under his arms. (I understand that she is a new member and it takes time to integrate into the team dynamics.)
(He right and you gotta' cut her some slack, KF.) Robin told the young speedster. (It was her arrow saved your butt against Amazo.)
(What? No, that was Speedy's – I mean Red Arrow's Arrow, right?)
(Not so much.)
(Humph! Well, still not giving her the satisfaction.)
(You know I can still hear you.) Artemis pointed out as she walked past the stairwell.
((AAAHGG! I don't-!)
(Both of you, what did I just say!?) Drive snapped.
(I couldn't get the Justice League…) Roquette thought in exasperation.
(The virus won't be of much use if we cannot find the weapon.) Aqualad said as he walked up to her. (Can you track it?)
(My Utility Fog is not a weapon.) She defended. (It's science, brilliant science, and of course I can track it, but I'd have to go online. Might as well rent a billboard with this address and "Assassinate Me" written in neon.) Dr. Roaquette replied in depression. Aqualad gave a comforting smile and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
(We will protect you.) Deciding that there were worse things that could have happened, she pressed the enter key on the keyboard, causing the system speak. "TRACKING FOG NOW." The screen showed the earth before quickly zooming on to the location of the Fog to a Philadelphia airport.
GOTHAM CITY – WAYNETECH BUILDING – 21:57
S054 was sitting by the building, fiddling with a smartphone that was actually searching for a specific signal. A security guard walked by before noticing her. She looked up and gave a charming smile that made the guard blush. He nodded in response and went about his business. As soon as he turned a corner, her smile turned into a sneer.
"My Lord, according to the data, this should be the third location to be targeted, but I do not see the reason to wait here. Shouldn't my use be better served at the Philadelphia target?"
"Have patience my dear S054, have patience." S003 told her. "Waiting walks hand in hand with knowledge and knowledge equates to victory. The data in WayneTech is of upmost importance for our cause."
"Yes, my Lord." She closed the comms with S003 and opened the one with S199. "S199, what is your status?"
HAPPY HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL – 21:59
"I am in position." Said her partner. "There is a League of Shadows operative nearby, so I am certain this is the location. Should I deal with them before the mission?"
"Ignore them." S054 ordered. "Is Drive present?"
"I detect extremely low levels of Heavy Acceleration Particles moving around the building. If there are no other fellow Roidmudes nearby then it can only be him."
"Move to his location quickly, and prepare to attack. Once the mission begins, he cannot be allowed to interfere."
"Understood." Quickly moving through the bushes, it caused a shifting sound that made Superboy turn. He looked carefully but nothing was there. Thinking that it was just his nerves playing with him, he left to check the other side of the building by leaping over the roof.
Inside the school, Drive was checking the halls to ensure nothing was amiss. As he turned the corner, he couldn't help but feel something was watching him. (Mmm, that boy.) Drive almost stumbled after hearing Artemis's thoughts.
(We can hear you.) Miss Martian told her. (We can ALL hear you.)
(Oh, I know.) Artemis answered.
(Miss Martian, Dr. Roquette has located the fog.) Aqualad told her. (Reconfigure the bioship so that Robin and Superboy can pursue. Drive, head to the computer lab so as to take up Robin's position.)
(Ready.) Miss Martian said.
(On my way.) Drive headed down the nearest stairs, but as soon as he stepped on the second floor, the feeling of being followed came to him again. He activated his HUD's Heavy Particle scanner, but nothing came up. Thinking he was just being jittery, he headed off to school's computer room.
(You embarrassed Superboy.) Miss Martian told Artemis as the guarded the outside of the school perimeter.
(Didn't hear him say that.)
(Must you challenge everyone?)
(Where I come from, that's how you survive.) Artemis told her, unaware of the trespasser who silently leaped over the fence.
The intruder moved through the grounds and into the school. Stalking the halls, they saw a person calmly walking the floor. In the darkness, S199 smirked. Suddenly a shuriken hit him in the neck. He raised an eyebrow and turned to look at the one who threw it. Crouched on top of the lockers was a young woman with a slender, but fit build. She wore a dark green coloured kimono with shreds and rips along it and black knee-high boots. Her most noticeable feature was a white mask, resembling a cat's head with red stripes and a wide grin. She was Cheshire. "Are you a member of the League of Shadows?" S199 asked, but the young assassin threw another shuriken that hit him squarely in the head. "Annoying." S199 turned around, calmly removed the two shuriken from his body, and walked away, leaving her perplexed. Seeing as the strange man wasn't part of the group protecting the doctor, she moved through the halls and up the stairs.
As much as she wanted to see who or what the man was, she had a mission to complete.
Author's Notes#: This is just the setup, that's why I'm double posting today. (1/25/17)
Things to note:
When the heroes are wearing their civvies I will refer to them with their real names.
But if they are wearing their uniforms or at least covering their faces while they do their Justice thing, Hero names.
In Robin's case: Robin if in uniform. Dick in civvies. Rob in civvies with shades. I know it sounds busy, but this is for my own benefit to keep track.
In terms of how The Team views Drive:
Robin: He sees Drive as an unknown element with a cool car and follows Batman's advice to watch Drive carefully, unless a mission requires Robin to be somewhere else. As such, he tends to keeps one eye on Drive when they're together during missions.
Kid Flash: He sees Drive as a fellow speedster and a cool guy, due to the events back at the Central City Mall, if a little stiff sometimes. He did ask if he could drive his car once, only to get a resounding "NO", but he won't give up.
Superboy: He respects him due to Drive's part in his rescue, and for speaking on his behalf after his father showed up during the Mall events. Though he is still a bit wary of him as he is capable of fighting the League on his own.
Miss Martian: She finds him as a respectful individual who gives of the feeling of a grandfather. Because of this, she finds him as a potential good friend and hopes he will become a member of the Team or the League, one day. You know her during the first season, sunshine and rainbows… with a dark cloud in the distance.
Aqualad: While he is thankful Drive is a professional and takes orders given to him to the letter, there is a solid understanding between them: Drive and the Team are separate entities. He does hope one day that particular status quo will change for the better as they build trust over time.
Artemis: She views Drive as sort of a "Good Guy Greg" with a classy hot look about him. A nice acquaintance, but doesn't see him as a romantic interest, due to her tastes. Tough looking guys are more her thing and Superboy happens to fall into that category, much like in Earth-16. But like Earth-16, her tastes will change. Into what, is up to debate.
Now I understand that since the third season has been green lit, (WOOP! WOOP!) That meant I had to change who was going to be Mach. But in an odd way, it made things easier for me. Now that left me with Machine Chaser and thankfully, the character I selected is set in stone. The only annoying thing we have to deal with now is the 1 to 2 year wait until they air.
Read and Review next chap.