Disclaimer: I don't own the Justice League. I own Element and the people she mentions later on in the story.
Hello ppl! Wow, it's been a while (computer time cut down again, plus I was working on a story for FictionPress)!
I got plenty of reviews! I'll reply to them now:
Kittiekat8: Thanks for the support! Your questions will be answered SOON (if I can get enough computer time)! BTW, my dad cut my computer time 'cuz of two Cs (yes, I'm still in school).
Draconmouth: I wasn't intending on using sidekicks, but thanks for the tip.
Dude: Okay, okay I admit it! I did that for two reasons: (A) I was thinking about that episode all day, and (B) I thought it was regular slang. I wanted to make it clearer that she was a teenager. As my dad would say, "I repent in dust in ashes." (Translation: My bad!)
Jukebox junkie: I try to write long chapters, but I like to leave people on cliffhangers () and I cut it off short.
Wysteria Fox: Thanks! Glad you liked that chapter.
Starblinkz: Thanks for the info! BTW, glad you like it.
Winged-Raccoon-The-Dragon: (Oo) Wow, good questions! They'll be answered soon, so BE PATIENT!!! ()
Jason Marin: I see you like my story!
'Nuff said, let's start!
Chapter 5
Element's Past
"Ok." Element said. "Where do I start?"
"Wait!" Diana said. "Batman wants to hear this so he can figure it out. Can we open a channel?"
"Sure." Element felt vulnerable. This was, after all, the Justice League.
She avoided Green Lantern and stayed closer to Diana.
"Well, I guess I should start with my name."
The JL nodded.
"My name is Jessica Taylor, but my brother, Robert--or Bobby, as I called him---used to call me Tawny because of my hair." She pulled down her hood to reveal light brown hair and light blue eyes.
"Used to?" Flash asked before thinking.
Diana glared at him, then looked at Element and said, "Go on."
"He was my best friend as well as my twin brother. He was technically older then me. He would play with me, talk to me about things I liked, and defend me at school. One day..."
Flashback
14-year-olds Tawny and Bobby were playing in the back yard. Tawny said, "Let's play tag!"
Bobby nodded.
"I'll be it!" Tawny said. They began what they thought would be harmless play.
Thought would be.
Bobby got to the pine tree in their front yard when he began to feel dizzy. He fainted.
"BOBBY!!!"
End of Flashback
"He had to go to the hospital. They did scans and found out he had a weak heart, but we never knew it. They checked me and discovered that I was fine."
"I felt terrible. I was fine and my brother was lying on a hospital bed. I had the good heart. I was the one that had suggested playing tag."
"The doctors said they didn't know what would happen to him. A few weeks later, his heart failed completely. He died."
Element felt like crying. That was the first time she had mentioned that he was dead since it happened.
"We held a funeral service. Everyone looked sad, but that was nothing compared to what I felt. My best friend and brother was gone. I felt like part of me died with him."
"A couple days later, my dad came home acting strange. He screamed at my mom for not having dinner ready. She cowered in fear and apologized. Soon, he began doing this once a month, then once a week. I'm not sure, but I think he became an alcoholic."
"My mom got into several fights with him. When they were still mad and one or the other was gone, they'd yell at me. I was never happy at home."
"In fact, I wasn't happy anywhere. At school, I was harassed. Heavily. Almost everyone in the school did."
"The only place I felt happy was Bobby's grave. I would sometimes imagine conversations with him."
"One day, almost a year after Bobby died, a kid from school named Skylar saw me talking to him. He stepped in front of me...
Flashback
Tawny walked away from Bobby's grave and Skylar stepped out in front of her. "What were you doing?"
"None of you business." Tawny said. She felt like Skylar had defiled sacred ground. She began to walk away.
"I know what you were doing. You were talking to your dead brother. Can't accept the fact that he's gone?"
End of Flashback
"He really touched a nerve." Element said. "Bringing up my brother was the last straw. I turned around. Then it happened."
"I don't know what happened. All I know is that I felt extremely angry at him and a few seconds later, a vine with thorns came out of the ground. My anger turned to shock. The vine fell."
"It fell on Skylar."
"He began to scream in pain. I wanted to get him to the hospital, but the vine was still there. I was wondering how to move him when the vine picked him up and moved. It stopped at the St. James---that's the city where I used to live---Hospital."
"The doctors looked at him. I was hiding in the bushes next to a window. They said he had a broken leg and a scar from one of the thorns. They said he would have that scar for life."
"He told them what happened, except he said he couldn't remember who he was making fun of or who did this to him."
"I couldn't take it anymore. I had scarred someone for life! I went home to get all my stuff. My parents were fighting; they didn't even notice me. I got my stuff---including my money. I had plenty, thanks to the fact that I got his as well after he died and I had saved up since then, too."
"I left home and stayed in a barn. After one night, I decided to try to make up for what I had done by being a superhero."
"I came to Gotham and bought the materials to make my costume. I made a home and, well, you know the rest."
Wonder Woman nodded. Flash finally noticed that she was edging away from GL. "What, are you green-o-phobic?" He said before he thought (again). "You don't like GL, and Batman said you don't like Poison---"
"For you information," Element snapped, "I dislike Poison Ivy because she reminds me of when I hurt Skylar. Green Lantern I'm avoiding because I don't like energy like that---"
She shut her mouth. Great, she thought. I just told them my weakness.
If looks could kill, Flash would have died twice. Diana and GL gave him "death glares" and he smiled sheepishly.
Hawkgirl tried to break the tension by saying into the communicator, "Batman, did you hear that?"
"Every word, and I think I have the cure." Was the reply.
That explains a lot. So, what's the cure? Will it work? Please review and find out!
Hello ppl! Wow, it's been a while (computer time cut down again, plus I was working on a story for FictionPress)!
I got plenty of reviews! I'll reply to them now:
Kittiekat8: Thanks for the support! Your questions will be answered SOON (if I can get enough computer time)! BTW, my dad cut my computer time 'cuz of two Cs (yes, I'm still in school).
Draconmouth: I wasn't intending on using sidekicks, but thanks for the tip.
Dude: Okay, okay I admit it! I did that for two reasons: (A) I was thinking about that episode all day, and (B) I thought it was regular slang. I wanted to make it clearer that she was a teenager. As my dad would say, "I repent in dust in ashes." (Translation: My bad!)
Jukebox junkie: I try to write long chapters, but I like to leave people on cliffhangers () and I cut it off short.
Wysteria Fox: Thanks! Glad you liked that chapter.
Starblinkz: Thanks for the info! BTW, glad you like it.
Winged-Raccoon-The-Dragon: (Oo) Wow, good questions! They'll be answered soon, so BE PATIENT!!! ()
Jason Marin: I see you like my story!
'Nuff said, let's start!
Chapter 5
Element's Past
"Ok." Element said. "Where do I start?"
"Wait!" Diana said. "Batman wants to hear this so he can figure it out. Can we open a channel?"
"Sure." Element felt vulnerable. This was, after all, the Justice League.
She avoided Green Lantern and stayed closer to Diana.
"Well, I guess I should start with my name."
The JL nodded.
"My name is Jessica Taylor, but my brother, Robert--or Bobby, as I called him---used to call me Tawny because of my hair." She pulled down her hood to reveal light brown hair and light blue eyes.
"Used to?" Flash asked before thinking.
Diana glared at him, then looked at Element and said, "Go on."
"He was my best friend as well as my twin brother. He was technically older then me. He would play with me, talk to me about things I liked, and defend me at school. One day..."
Flashback
14-year-olds Tawny and Bobby were playing in the back yard. Tawny said, "Let's play tag!"
Bobby nodded.
"I'll be it!" Tawny said. They began what they thought would be harmless play.
Thought would be.
Bobby got to the pine tree in their front yard when he began to feel dizzy. He fainted.
"BOBBY!!!"
End of Flashback
"He had to go to the hospital. They did scans and found out he had a weak heart, but we never knew it. They checked me and discovered that I was fine."
"I felt terrible. I was fine and my brother was lying on a hospital bed. I had the good heart. I was the one that had suggested playing tag."
"The doctors said they didn't know what would happen to him. A few weeks later, his heart failed completely. He died."
Element felt like crying. That was the first time she had mentioned that he was dead since it happened.
"We held a funeral service. Everyone looked sad, but that was nothing compared to what I felt. My best friend and brother was gone. I felt like part of me died with him."
"A couple days later, my dad came home acting strange. He screamed at my mom for not having dinner ready. She cowered in fear and apologized. Soon, he began doing this once a month, then once a week. I'm not sure, but I think he became an alcoholic."
"My mom got into several fights with him. When they were still mad and one or the other was gone, they'd yell at me. I was never happy at home."
"In fact, I wasn't happy anywhere. At school, I was harassed. Heavily. Almost everyone in the school did."
"The only place I felt happy was Bobby's grave. I would sometimes imagine conversations with him."
"One day, almost a year after Bobby died, a kid from school named Skylar saw me talking to him. He stepped in front of me...
Flashback
Tawny walked away from Bobby's grave and Skylar stepped out in front of her. "What were you doing?"
"None of you business." Tawny said. She felt like Skylar had defiled sacred ground. She began to walk away.
"I know what you were doing. You were talking to your dead brother. Can't accept the fact that he's gone?"
End of Flashback
"He really touched a nerve." Element said. "Bringing up my brother was the last straw. I turned around. Then it happened."
"I don't know what happened. All I know is that I felt extremely angry at him and a few seconds later, a vine with thorns came out of the ground. My anger turned to shock. The vine fell."
"It fell on Skylar."
"He began to scream in pain. I wanted to get him to the hospital, but the vine was still there. I was wondering how to move him when the vine picked him up and moved. It stopped at the St. James---that's the city where I used to live---Hospital."
"The doctors looked at him. I was hiding in the bushes next to a window. They said he had a broken leg and a scar from one of the thorns. They said he would have that scar for life."
"He told them what happened, except he said he couldn't remember who he was making fun of or who did this to him."
"I couldn't take it anymore. I had scarred someone for life! I went home to get all my stuff. My parents were fighting; they didn't even notice me. I got my stuff---including my money. I had plenty, thanks to the fact that I got his as well after he died and I had saved up since then, too."
"I left home and stayed in a barn. After one night, I decided to try to make up for what I had done by being a superhero."
"I came to Gotham and bought the materials to make my costume. I made a home and, well, you know the rest."
Wonder Woman nodded. Flash finally noticed that she was edging away from GL. "What, are you green-o-phobic?" He said before he thought (again). "You don't like GL, and Batman said you don't like Poison---"
"For you information," Element snapped, "I dislike Poison Ivy because she reminds me of when I hurt Skylar. Green Lantern I'm avoiding because I don't like energy like that---"
She shut her mouth. Great, she thought. I just told them my weakness.
If looks could kill, Flash would have died twice. Diana and GL gave him "death glares" and he smiled sheepishly.
Hawkgirl tried to break the tension by saying into the communicator, "Batman, did you hear that?"
"Every word, and I think I have the cure." Was the reply.
That explains a lot. So, what's the cure? Will it work? Please review and find out!