Hey everyone I have the next chapter out and it's only about 38 hours late!
Ok, before you start reading the story you should really read this author note if you asked any questions in your reviews, and if you didn't you should still read it.
Ages: In this story Creed is 16 and Cheshire is 17.
This story will continue into Young Justice: Invasion, in fact I can't finish my plotline without it.
I'm sorry to those who wanted to see an Apple make an appearance, but there will be no Apples of Eden in this story. In fact, none of the modern characters in the Assassin Creed games will be in this fic.
To those whose questions I didn't answer either your questions will eventually be answered in the story, or I don't have an answer to it yet.
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While some of the League were repairing the Cave, the team sat down, waiting for answers. Green Arrow placed a bowl of pretzel on the table, only for Wally to refuse. "Thanks, but no thanks."
"What we want are answers, about Red Tornado and his siblings." Robin told Green Arrow with a glare.
"Yeah, exactly!" Wally agreed. Green Arrow picked up the bowl, only for Wally to grab it out of his hands and start munching on them.
Derek was waiting for Kaldur to finish talking to Batman over in the corner. But they were interrupted when Conner charged at Kaldur and lifted him up, shouting, "YOU KNEW! That android and his maniac family nearly killed M'g-us!"
"Conner what are you doing!?" Megan asked as she flew over to them.
"Kaldur knew that there was a traitor on the team and said nothing!"
"You knew?" Robin asked in disbelief.
"And didn't tell us?" Wally asked in a similar tone.
"I sought to protect the team." Kaldur told them, trying to explain his actions.
"From what?!" Derek shouted.
"Knowledge that could of saved our lives?" Artemis added.
"Enough." Batman said, silencing everyone. Conner released his grip on Kaldur. "With Red Tornado… missing the team will now be overseen by rotating supervisors. Captain Marvel has volunteered to take the first shift."
Said hero walked up to the team and said, "I'm really looking forward to hanging with you guys." The team exchanged glances at the behavior of the elder superhero.
Turning back to Kaldur Conner said, "Once I dismantle Red Tornado, you and I are gonna-"
"Red Tornado is a member of the Justice League, making him a League responsibility. You will leave him to us." Batman told the kryptonian clone in a tone that left no room for argument. "I have another assignment for this team." Batman brought up a holographic screen that showed a newspaper article. One of Derek's eyebrows rose at the headline on the newspaper.
"Gotham Mayor attacked by Guerilla Gorilla?" Wally asked in disbelief.
"Batman please, tell me you're not sending us on this joke of a wild ape chase." Robin asked.
"I never joke about the mission." Batman responded, silencing Robin. "I've checked the sources, studied the patterns, Mayor Hill's encounter is only the latest in a series of incidences. Aqualad you and your team will depart for India and check this out." Before Aqualad could give the order to head to the bioship the rest of the team was walking, giving him the cold shoulder, except for Kid Flash who scoffed, "Your team."
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Then bioship flew over the Indian jungle in stealth mode, hovering over a small clearing long enough for Creed, Robin and Artemis to jump out and check the perimeter. The rest of the team soon followed. The trio walked back towards the landing zone. "All clear." Robin told them.
"Switch to stealth." Aqualad ordered, "We will review mission parameters."
"Parameter? We don't need no stinkin' parameters." Kid Flash said as he activated his suit's stealth function.
"It's recon, we know what to do." Robin agreed. Ignoring Aqualad's orders to stay the duo ran into the thick vegetation.
"Come on, I'll keep you safe." Superboy told Miss M as he grabbed her arm, only for the shape shifter to wrench away from him. "I just want to protect you."
"Like Aqualad protected us?" Artemis asked sarcastically, "I'm not sure your protection or your patronizing is good for our health." And with that the two girls walked away.
"Why didn't you stop them? You're supposed to be in charge." Superboy asked angrily. Cutting off whatever Aqualad was about to say Superboy leaped off into the distance.
Sighing Aqualad said, "Well Creed it looks as if it-" Aqualad trailed off when he realized that the assassin was no longer with them, having snuck off during the arguing.
"Did I miss the part where you actually said what the plan was?" Captain Marvel asked.
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Creed sighed as he trekked through the dark jungle. He felt conflicted about how he should feel towards Aqualad. While he could understand why Aqualad had kept this information secret, he did not condone keeping such information secret. He could have prevented a lot of people from dying had he known Vald was a traitor.
Creed's internal debate was interrupted by his instincts which were screaming to get down. Trusting his instincts Creed dropped to the ground. Less than half a second later a large shadow passed over him. Getting back up Creed looked at his would be killer. Before him stood a spotted leopard, growling as it circled the assassin. But there were two things that Creed noticed that showed that his was no random attack. One, it had two saber like fangs, and second, the fact that there was a collar on its neck.
Creed drew his sword as he warily watched the mutated big cat circle him. Without warning the predator lunged at him again. Creed rolled to the side; avoid the leopard's razor sharp claws. However, by the time he turned around to face the leopard it had already made the turn back to him and was mid leap. Creed wasn't fast enough to avoid the big cat as it crashed into him. Creed lost his sword and his breath as he was knocked to the ground.
"Ugh!" Creed looked up, his eyes widening as the leopard's head drew closer to deliver the final blow. Creed's hand shot up in a futile attempt to hold the apex predator back. But as the big cat's head came closer to his, his hands grabbed the collar on its neck.
Creed slowed, but did not stop the leopard's razor sharp fangs from reaching its target. Creed could feel the warm breath of the leopard's mouth as it inched closer to his head. "Wow, killed by mutant leopard was not one of the ways I thought I would die." The leopard's fangs were about to brush his skin when-
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The strain from Creed pushing back and the leopard pulling forward was too much for the collar to handle, and it snapped in two. Once the collar had been removed the leopard ceased its attack on Creed, got off of him and ran into the jungle. "I guess that answers how to deal with any wild animals here." Creed thought as he picked up his sword.
"Link established." He heard Miss Martian say over the telepathic link.
Should he be giving us orders? And should you really be following them?" Artemis asked.
"Listen please." Aqualad begged.
"Oh, good. Aqualad's voice in my head. I've so missed that." Kid Flash sarcastically thought.
"Hey Kaldur, KF and I were attacked by giant vultures. Course, since we're moles, you probably think we attacked ourselves?" Robin told Aqualad.
"If he did, he wouldn't tell you." Artemis sarcastically thought.
Creed sighed in exasperation, and tried to block out the growing headache. While he didn't like what Aqualad did, he knew he had a good reason to hide such information from the team. "Guys, I don't thi-" Creed tried to make the team see reason, but was interrupted by various team members' rants.
"Trust is a two-way street." Artemis said, clearly trying to make Aqualad feel guilty.
"They'd hate it if we kept secrets." Miss Martian said.
Creed finally had enough of this child-like bickering. "Enough!" Creed shouted over the link, silencing everyone. "While I do not like what Aqualad did, I'm sure that he has a good reason to why he kept such information secret, but now is not the time nor the place to argue about who is in command." The team remained in a shocked silence, never before had they heard Creed speak in such a commanding tone. Aqualad was the first to regain his voice.
"Thank you Creed, I am extremely grateful for your support." Aqualad thanked over the link. "Captain Marvel has been captured, and we must act as a team to save him."
"Under your leadership?" Kid Flash asked sarcastically, having regained control of his voice after Creed's outburst. "I don't thin-"
Aqualad interrupted Kid Flash, "This is not up for debate. You all chose me to be your leader. When the mission is over, if you wish to select a new leader, I will happily step down. But as Creed said this is not the time or the place to argue and until that time, I am in command here."
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After regrouping the team tracked Captain Marvel and his captor to a facility deep in the jungle. The concrete was old and worn, and foliage had grown on portions of it. "They've been here for a while." Creed thought to himself as the team stealthily made their way to the perimeter of building's security system.
"I'll fly over." Miss Martian offered over the link.
"Negatory." Kid Flash said as he looked through his goggles. "The field extends like a dome over the whole compound."
"Pylons are insulated, but one good shock could cause a momentary gap." Robin told everyone.
Artemis said, "I see a target." Creed looked and he too could see a tiny red button on the front of the building.
"We must be careful, even if we get through the pylons there will probably be a secondary security system." Creed warned everyone.
"Understood. Be ready, all of you." Aqualad told them before he ran up to the pylons and used his electrical energy to create a tiny gap in the dome.
"Now." Kid Flash told Artemis. Artemis didn't acknowledge, but fired. The arrow flew through the gap and hit the button, shutting down the dome. The team quickly moved down the hill towards the building. As Creed ran down the hill he looked for any sign of a second security system. He found it on the roof, but not in the way he was expecting.
Sitting on top of the building was a large monkey with a collar on it. The monkey screamed, and other monkeys jumped off the roof as the alarms blared, alerting the occupants to the team's presence.
Recognizing the collars Creed threw a knife which sliced the collar in half. The monkey, now free, ran off into the jungle. Creed was about to tell the others about the collars when another monkey attacked him, pinning him on the ground.
"Remove their collars." Creed heard Aqualad tell the team.
With great difficulty, Creed managed to get his hook blade latched on to the collar and pulled it off. "Way ahead of you." Creed said. The monkey, just like its comrade fled into the jungle. The others had also managed to free the monkeys that were attacking them as well.
Creed got up in time to see a gorilla that was holding a gun throw Miss Martian, who had been trying to sneak past him, to the ground. "Get your paws off her, you darn dirty ape." Kid Flash growled out as he charged the large simian. Unfortunately the speedster just bounced off the gorilla's belly, sending him flying back.
However, that distraction allowed Miss Martian the time to get up and then telekinetically throw the gorilla through the wall. The team ran into the building and found Captain Marvel strapped to a table with one of the collars on his neck and what looked like a brain in a jar staring at them. "Okay, not what I was expecting." Creed thought to himself.
"It's the Brain." Kid Flash told the others.
"Ugh, I can see it's a brain." Artemis told him sarcastically.
"Not 'a brain,' the Brain," Kid Flash clarified.
The Brain chose then to speak up, "In the flesh, uh, so to speak." Turning to the gorilla the Brain simply said, "Mallah."
Mallah took out a remote and pressed a button. Several pylons came out of the floor and activated around the team. Creed felt his limbs go numb as he fell to the ground with the others. "Miss Martian, Superboy, now." Aqualad ordered over the link.
Miss Martian's eyes glowed as she telekinetically grabbed the remote from Mallah and deactivated the pylons. As the team got up off the ground Superboy burst through the wall along with a giant white wolf. The wolf lunged at Mallah, knocking him to the ground. As Mallah got up Kid Flash also knocked him to the ground with his super speed. Miss Martian picked Mallah up with her telekinesis and threw him against the ground. Creed, Robin and Artemis used their various projectiles to render Mallah's machine gun useless.
The team, including the now free Captain Marvel surrounded the two villains. Mallah roared in anger, but Superboy just cracked his knuckles and growled out, "Try it, I hate monkeys."
Mallah was about to accept Superboy's challenge when the Brain said, "No, Mallah. This will not be our Waterloo" The Brian's body began to expand and connect; forming what appeared to be a giant weapon. "Au revoir, mesa me!"
"Get down!" Kid Flash shouted. Just as it seemed the Brain was about to fire the lights went out, throwing the room into total darkness. A minute later the lights came back on, but there was no sign of the Brain or Mallah. "Wait, that big weapon thing was a light switch?"
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The team had finished freeing the rest of the animals from the control of the collars and was now preparing to leave. "What are you grinning about?" Artemis asked Kid Flash.
"One word: souvenir!" He held up Mallah's red hat, and put it on.
"Two words: gorilla lice," Artemis said in a sing song voice. Creed bit back a laugh at Kid Flash's disgusted face as he quickly took the hat off his head.
Superboy was petting the giant white wolf that he had found in the jungle. "The rest of the pack is gone! What are you still doing here?" Superboy asked the wolf, who was nudging his hand.
"I think he wants to stay with you!" Miss Martian said.
"Can I keep him?" Superboy sounding like a little kid who was asking his mom if he could keep a stray dog he found.
"Haha! First the sphere, now this beast? Dude, you sure make a habit of collecting strays!" Kid Flash laughed.
"Maybe because he's such a stray himself," Miss Martian told him fondly.
"Well, he's gonna need a name! How's about Krypto?"
The wolf snarled, while the clone said, "Pass."
"Besides, isn't that taken?" Miss M asked.
As they all loaded up into the bioship Robin spoke up, "Look, I need to know, why did you keep the mole Intel a secret?"
Aqualad turned to look at the expectant faces of the team. After a moment of silence he said, "The source of the tip was Sportsmaster."
"What? You can't trust him!" Artemis exploded. Creed raised an eyebrow at her unexpected reaction.
"I do not," Aqualad reassured her, "It seems possible, even likely that he was attempting to divide the Team with false information."
"And given how this mission went, he nearly succeeded," Robin mused.
"But you had to consider the possibility that it was true," Creed stated.
"Yes, as leader I did. And which case I did not wish to alert the traitor."
Robin sighed, "I hate to say it, but, makes sense."
"I am still prepared to step down," Aqualad said.
"All in favor of keeping Aqualad as leader?" Kid Flash asked while raising his hand. Everyone else did the same.
"Guess it's unanimous," Captain Marvel shook Aqualad's hand, "See you tomorrow!"
"You are not coming back with us?"
"Na, gotta fly!" And with that he took off, becoming a speck in the sky.
As Superboy was considering names for his new pet Aqualad stopped Creed, "Creed." The assassin looked at the Atlantean wondering what he wanted to say. "Back at the Cave you seemed to share the other's anger at my decision, but in the jungle you supported me, why?"
Creed stayed silent for a minute before answering, "I knew that keeping the information from us was the best option as to not alert the traitor, but this whole 'mole' business just brought back some bad memories and clouded my judgment."
Aqualad nodded before asking, "What do you mean by 'bad memories'?"
Creed sighed, "Let's just say the last time I had to deal with a traitor a lot of good people died." Aqualad's eyes widened in shock at this statement as Creed walked into the bioship and thought solemnly, "Including my father."
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter.