Author: DJ Comicbook Knux00@hotmail.com

Title: EMERALD

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Setting: non-continuous YJ (Robin, Impulse, Superboy, Wondergirl [leader], Secret, Arrowette, Empress, Lagoonboy, Slo-Bo, The Ray, Supercycle.)

Summary: Introduction of a new character, Emerald, who is, well, a GL to be short.

Young Justice Headquarters @ Happy Harbor, RI.

Emergency is an understatement.

"Superboy. get Robin. ASAP. I'm putting in a call to Impulse. he should be."

"Cassie." Robin stood in the doorway of the monitor room of Young Justice headquarters.

Wondergirl's eyes lit up. "Robin, thank goodness. you will not believe what just happened."

"If it doesn't involve Superboy and girls, Impulse and strange objects or Lobo and. well. anything, it cant be. that." Robin was glanced at the monitor. He fell silent for a moment. "bad. very bad."

Before them lay three angles on the outside of the compound. A yellow sword stood there planted firmly in the ground, in the concrete. One camera was zoomed in to the object's blade. The Yellow was uncanny, but the message seemed scrawled in metal regardless. The Message: 'Harm has returned.'

Robin nodded. "Superboy?"

"Metropolis on his way." Wondergirl looked at the next monitor. "Impulse should be on is way. I've warned Suzie she's with Cissie for some reason."

"He warned us. why?"

"He's cocky as all get out, Rob, it's natural. unless of course he's learned something from last time and is throwing us of now."

Robin just nodded.

"By Hera! He always does this to us. always second guessing ourselves." "You're not up on your Green Lantern are you?" Robin stared at the Monitor more.

Impulse skidded to a stop just behind Robin, allowing his cape to sway just a bit with the minimal wind Bart produced out of haste.

"Oh." Impulse nodded knowingly. "ThatsAQwardianPowerRingThatStealsEnergyFromGreenLanternRingsAndUsesItAgains tThemAndHasNoWeaknessesAndSinsestroHadOneAndNeroHadOneAndThereWasABigSpaceBa ttleAnd."

Wondergirl looked at Robin quizzically. "He's serious?"

"Don't worry, Sinstro and Nero are both quite dead. I just looked up major supercriminals' locations this morning." Robin looked to the side. "But if Harm has an ally like that."

"Or has a ring of his own." Wondergirl looked over at Robin.

"We're going to be in for a very rough time. let's check on the others. lock down this place."

ELSEWHERE

"Kon-El. you can't be serious." Anita Madd stood next to Slo-Bo as Kon-El, the world's Superboy stood by a carnival bell and hammer set up.

"Frag it kid." Slo-Bo urged him on.

"Kon-El is taking this man's money." Anita protested. "And Who is he gonna give the stupid bear to anyway?"

Kon-El smirked as he rubbed his ands and picked up the hammer. "Cissie. of course."

The fourth member of their little party blushed. "Kon. you don't have to."

Originally Snapper and Traya had been with them, but Traya had eventually remembered she was 11 and not 14 and wanted to go to something that did not involve guys trying to win teddy bears. After all rollercoasters lost a little pizzazz when you can fly under your own power (but not much).

Kon was steady trying to flirt with Arrowette cuz. well. she was the only one there to flirt with. "Alright. you wanna try?" He looked to her expectantly.

She raised her eyebrows and giggled. "Okay. sure." Her old confidence blasted to the forefront as she grabbed the hammer. Her tongue sticking out with concentration she lined up the hammer as Superboy put a hand lightly on her shoulder.

"Go for it."

Cissie slammed down on the pad and the spring launhed the metal 50 feet straight up and clanged the bell defiantly. Superboy grinned ridiculously as the attendant, fake smile and all handed Kon the big bear he had picked out. Kon handed it to Cissie.

Anita shook her head. "What would Cassie say."

Kon eyed her evilly for a split second.

Slo-Bo chuckled. "Or the Speedfreak. Heh. only one Top-Teen, superlad."

Kon started to prorest "That's. nevermind." he let it go.

Cissie just rolled her eyes sarcastically. "I um. gotta go to the little ladies room. can you guys."

"Yeah, we'll be right there at Burger Bell." Kon grinned taking her bear and stuff.

"So, Kon." Slo-Bo grinned. "How much TK did you use?"

Anita grinned, glad the 'slow' one had caught on. "Wow. you're slippin, Kon- Man. even Slo-Bo saw it."

"Whoa!!!! I did not! Cissie did it all by herself." Kon stood up incredulously. they haven't even ordered food yet.

"Ooookay. sure." Anita smirked. almost believing him, but liking the tease. "Want something Lobo?"

"Yea. meat."

Anita grinned a bit and headed off to the nearby stand to get some sandwiches. Superboy stood across the table from Slo-bo, reclining. "Heh. you've got hope yet, superfrail."

"Whatever man." Superboy sighed as he sat down.

Slo-Bo grinned wider and wider. "Y'know. wasn't so long ago that that thing you wear on your chest so often was the bane of my existence."

Kon grimaced a bit. Slo-Bo didn't often reflect on his past life. "I'll bet."

"Yeah. whodda thunk you and I'd be fighting together someday. heh. that'll never last."

Kon-El slowly nodded. "Well we all have our little secrets and surprises."

Slo-Bo almost busted out laughing. "Ha! You couldn't intimidate a pack of blind mice! You think you can."

"Bo!" Anita called from about fifteen feet away. "Stop acting like a."

WOOOSSHHHH!!!

Gone. Anita was gone in a jet fast blur and the tray she was holding seemed to hover in the air for a moment as it grabbed momentum from it's sudden lack of support. Superboy and Slo-Bo with the slightly increased perceptions were shocked but on their feet in alarm with a fraction of a second. The managed to break the table their were at with a burst of their strength.

That next moment a new figure blurred into focus, as if having just returned from dropping something off and caught the tray in the air. He grinned. He was a speedster. He was their age. He was wearing black and green. Inertia himself.

"You gotta be kidding." Superboy said in shock.

Slo-Bo only flinched for a moment. "Where's Nita. bastich, you get two seconds."

Inertia shook his head. "Wow. ignorance abounds.... I need but one to kick your sorry Czarnian tail. and the name is Inertia, bubba."

Slo-Bo lunges forwards and whirls his chain from around his waist, he swings and connects with the tray minus one strawberry shake. Inertia is leaning against a garbage can, sipping the shake calmly. He glances at his hand. It possesses a yellow ring.

"I heard my brother can make duplicates of himself, now."

Slo-Bo and Superboy narrow their eyes. "Bring it." Superboy whispers.

Inertia's head jerks towards him. "Very well then."

The ring produces nothing less than six yellow Inertias that encircle Superboy and Slo-Bo. back to back they face their attackers. Slo-Bo is facing Inertia as the clones close in.

Slo-Bo waxes philosophical, at least as much as he can, again.

"The future Superman and the former Lobo back to back." He grins. Superboy lets out an audible and relieved sigh. "Heh. sucks for you."

Slo-Bo's not really slow, not really. but the man posing as Superboy had the element of surprise. Reaching behind him and grabbing Slo-Bo's head is so easy. Slo-Bo is just catching on as he is yanked over the Superboy's head and slammed, chest and face first into the cold hard concrete.

Match leaps backwards as the Inertia clones clobber Slo-Bo into submission. Inertia stands next to him silently.

"You talk to much, munchkin." Match turns to walk away.

"Perhaps you should consider expanding your vocabulary, learning to enjoy the English language."

"You wanna enjoy my fist up your."

"My my. a little vulgar for a two year old clone. if that." Inertia grins as his duplicates endlessly pound the last Czarnian.

"Look who's talking."

"I'm like. negative 400 man, get over it."

Inertia and Match smirk in spite of each other and collect the superspeed beaten body of Slo-Bo. "Let's contain this thing. I need to change out of this man's horrible duds. go and grab that arrow girl for me. the boss boy wants her unharmed. and well. yeah."

Intertia's after image smirks.

ELSEWHERE.

The actual Superboy arrives in the conference room. He is instantly confronted by Robin. "Kon. were you or were you not with Snapper and Traya and the gang today?"

Superboy makes a lost face. "Huh? Is that what this is about?"

"Great. just great." Robin broods. "You tell him Wondy. I'm calling in help."