"DEAR ADAM," Adam read his newest submission. "I have recently moved to a very different and faraway place, and I miss my home. It is too late to regain my life at my old home…and my love. I have committed my life to help and protect others, as you might have figured, and to do so, I have to dedicate my time to either my new home or my old one. There is no way to be in both places at once; I learned that the hard way. I love my new life, but I miss my old one as well. What should I do, Adam? - HOMESICK."
Adam felt a lump swell in his throat as his contemplated his response to the submission. He, himself, was in a very similar situation. His mind was on Earth, but his heart was with Alanna on Rann.
What should he do? Being on Earth these past few months had opened Adam's eyes. It made him realize how much he had missed his friends and family on Earth. How much he missed being among humans who spoke the same language.
Yes, he could travel back and forth between the two planets, but often times the zeta beams took a long while to occur before he could teleport to and from Rann. Once he was there, he couldn't just come back straight away. And while he was on Earth, he missed Alanna so much, every second away from her hurt. What should he recommend to this young hero, when he was struggling with the issue himself?
He had no clue, but he wrote anyway, and the answer came out.
"Dear Homesick," Zee read aloud. It was her turn to read to the cave. "I…I know exactly how you feel. And just like you, I am also conflicted. I think, I think that maybe we can't look back, Homesick. I think that while we should visit our old life every so often, life is full of changes that we shouldn't deny. I think the universe wants us to change, and demands us to take on new adventures and friends. I understand the discomfort, and the homesickness, believe me, I do. But between you and me, I love my new life, and I can't go back to the way things were even if I tried. I doubt you could either. Time is fleeting and change is inevitable. The best thing we can do is embrace it with open arms. I hope this helps. Good luck to the both of us, right? -ADAM."
Everyone looked around in thought. Everyone had experienced change these past few months. Becoming a team, growing up, going to new places, and meeting new people were all things that everyone on the team had had to face. But the one thing, that now each and every one of them shared, was the fact that they wouldn't change any of it for the world.
Wally looked around at each face and sighed contentedly.
"What?" Artemis asked him.
"I love you guys," he gushed. He wasn't the ooey-gooey emotional type, but it was the truth, and Artemis didn't argue.
"Yeah," she agreed.
"Ditto," Robin grinned.
"I'm so glad I came to Earth," Megan chimed.
"I'm glad you guys set me free and gave me a real life," Connor added.
"I never would have survived losing my father without you," Zatanna said with eyes watering just the slightest bit. Kaldur's mouth twisted into a large, happy smile.
"You, my friends, are my home," he said. They all smiled and laughed at each other. Robin chuckled loudly and broke the inward bonding with a devilish thought.
"Hey, anyone want to go TP Roy's apartment?" He asked.
"I'm in," Artemis said.
"You know it!" Wally replied. Connor just shrugged and nodded, the slightest of grin reached his eyes.
"I've never heard of this "TP," before," Megan stated. Then she smirked. "But if I get to do it with all of you, count me in."
Zatanna laughed and nodded. A prank like this was exactly what she needed to get her mind off of her father. The big question mark, however, was Kaldur. Mature, respectful Kaldur, who would never in a million, jillion years would agree to partake in such a childish act.
"I am completely opposed to that idea," he said. Everyone sighed. If Kaldur said no, than no it was.
"Why would we toilet-paper his apartment, when we can go to the local thrift store, buy as many hats as we can carry, and tack them all over the place?" The Atlantian asked deviously. The team looked back at him in shock.
"That. Idea. Is… ASTEROUS!" Robin finalized with a cackle.
Roy whistled as he returned home from a long day of patrolling. He had a brown sack of groceries that fell from his grasp as he stood before his apartment door.
Ring ring, ring ring! Robin's communicated chirped.
"Hello?" He answered.
"WHAT THE MOTHER %*#^!$%& ^* DID YOU DO TO MY APARTMENT?!" Roy screamed through the mic.
"Sorry, Roy, we have a bad connection, gotta go!" Robin called as he hung up.
"OH NO YOU DON'T, YOU LITTLE-" Click!
Hahaha, I've warned you, I have no self-control when it comes to pissing off Roy. So! A few things to mention!
1. You guys are awesome! You have sent me so many amazing submission ideas. This is great, but means I have a TON of submission ideas that I need to write into the story, which is great! Keep sending them in! Just know that it will take some time before your submission appears here.
2. Yeah, I didn't really clarify which character wrote the submission this chapter, so have a guess at it. I don't think it's too hard to figure out, but whoever can guess it gets...a lock of Roy's luxurious, ginger hair.
Roy: Where the ^#&*$ did you get a lock of my hair?!
3. Thank you so much for your reviews guys. I know, I should update more frequently. You deserve frequent updates. Right now I have school and a job. (I love saying that I have a job, I feel so old). So long story short, I am busy. Also, I love Dear Adam and all of its supportive followers, but I have many other fanfiction ideas that I want to start working on. Plus, I have a novel that I'm supposed to be writing, but I end up writing Dear Adam instead. So, I am definitely going to keep writing Dear Adam, but because of the other writing work, updates may get even more infrequent! GASP! But if that's so, then it just means I'm writing more stories for Young Justice. Plus, it seems I'm always making time for Dear Adam no matter what I say, so I wouldn't worry too much... :P
4. Finally! I have noticed that South Park is still more popular than Young Justice in fanfiction amount when it comes to cartoons. Not that I hold anything against South Park, but come on guys! YJ is amazing! Let's keep the Young Justice community alive and write some stories!
I challenge you, dear reader, to write some fanfiction for Young Justice. Doesn't matter what you write, doesn't matter how much of it you write, but let's get some ideas flowing people! We hit about 16k fanfictions in this fandom! :O That's amaze-balls. Let's bump it up to 20K! Also, there are currently only two stories, including this one, that feature Adam Strange in that entire 16k of stories. So try to get some Strange up in your writing jumbo!
Love you guys! Take everything I say with a grain of salt and enjoy your lives. I realize some people have better things to do than write fanfiction. Especially, say a person with school and a job (me!). But, you know, screw that. MWah!