Young Justice

These kids don't worry about changes…they MAKE them…

Chapter 03

Girls Night Out

It was a bright day in Jump City. This was the only time people walked outdoors, when they felt safe. But in the outskirts of the large Metropolis, trouble was taking place…

At a large archeological dig, dozens of the archeologists and diggers were all laying unconscious on the ground. The cause was what appeared to be a woman. She had a perfect figure, built chest, and long flowing blonde hair. In her hand she held a large blue marble beetle. She held it up to her face and smiled at her multiple reflections she saw in the statue she held. This femme fatale was known as Might Endowed.

"At last I have the Blue Beetle of the ancient Juba-Shaka tribe," she said with a devilish grin. "This will bring me quite the penny at the market. Come on little piggy, let's go home…"

Just as she was climbing out of her hole, she froze in her place as she saw the sight on five young heroes staring her in the face: Young Justice!

"The only piggy going somewhere is you," said Ray.

"And that would be jail!" finished Impulse.

Might Endowed finished climbing out of the hole and stared at the kids with angry beady eyes.

"How dare you refer to me, Mighty Endowed, as a 'little piggy'! No man dares to even think about referring to me as such an insulting term! FEEL MY WRATH!"

The villain raised a hand at Impulse, Ray, and Slob, blasting them backwards into smaller dug up hole. Once they fell inside, they were drowned in dirt from the neck down, leaving only their heads sticking out of the ground as if they were plants.

"HEY!" shouted Slobo. "I didn't even say anything!"

As Might Endowed began to laugh at the boys' predicament, she noticed that there were still members of Young Justice standing in front of her. And they were not laughing.

"Looks like it's up to you and me, Secret," said Empress.

"Then let's do this!"

"Very well then," said Endowed. "Let the fighting commence."

"Empress," called the voice of Nightwing over there ear piece communicators. "Make sure that Blue Beetle stays in tact. No slip ups."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she replied as she whipped out her metal staff. She leaped in the air for Mighty Endowed, who leaped out of the way, causing her to miss. But she quickly made up for that and teleported back to the villain and swung again, though she missed again as Endowed dodged the attack. "What the…?"

"My turn," said Secret as her eyes began to glow a bright white color. Her body rose into the air as it began to transform into her ghastly form. She flew for Endowed and circled her over again, making a small tornado.

"WAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed the villain from inside the tornado. "My hair!"

"I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON!" shouted Impulse, seeing as how their heads were facing the opposite direction.

"Don't start fighting without us!" called Slobo, still struggling to break free.

"Calm down, guys," ordered Ray. "I'll get us outta here, just as soon as I can find a way."

"Now, Secret!" shouted Empress as Secret finally slowed down the spinning cyclone, hurling Mighty Endowed towards Empress.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" she screamed as she zoomed closer to the young hero.

"Freeze!" ordered Empress as one of her abilities were activated: the ability to have anyone does what she commands through means of a psychic communication. This being said, Mighty Endowed froze in mid air, dumbfounded by the power. "Batter up!"

WAM!

Empress swung the staff as if it were a bat, sending the villain flying backwards.

"Are you guys okay?" called out Ray, concerned of his teammates' predicament.

"Are you okay, Ray?" called Nightwing. "What's happening?"

"I'll let you know when I find out."

Empress then disappeared and reappeared, by means of teleportation, in front of Endowed, slapping the villain yet again with the staff. This time, it caused her to drop the Blue Beetle from out of her hands, but luckily, Secret swooshed by and grabbed it before any damage was done. The two super powered girls stood next to each other and grinned at their victory.

"Young Justice: A dozen. Bad guys: -100," joked Empress.

Mighty Endowed crashed into the large bulldozer, causing it to tilt over and fall on her.

"Is it over?" asked Slobo.

"A little help, guys?" asked Ray.

"Don't worry," answered Secret as she handed Empress the Blue Beetle and went to pull her teammates out of the ground.

"YOU ALL AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE!" shouted Mighty Endowed, as she stood on her feet, lifting the heavy machinery above her head.

"I don't think so," said Secret, holding the Blue Beetle up in the air.

"Toss that little baby and its bye bye beetle."

Endowed froze in her place, realizing the consequences from her though about action. She then clenched her teeth as she tossed the machinery aside.

"Well it seems that you all have won for now, but alas, Young Justice, I will come up victorious!"

Ray and Slobo quickly ran for Mighty Endowed, but sadly they weren't quick enough as she vanished in a poof of smoke.

Impulse quickly snatched the Blue Beetle out of Secrets palms and examined it.

"I don't see what the big deal is. It's a bug. It really can't cost more than my PJs."

Everyone then stared at the young speedster in disgust.

"So, I know you guys still where…"

Everyone slowly shook their heads, still in disgust.

"Oh shut up."

"Alright, guys," said Nightwing. "Get back here now so I can give you the rest of your mission."

"Roger that," answered Ray as he signaled for the others to follow him.

"'Roger that'," mimicked Empress, standing at attention while sticking out his tongue.

Young Justice sat inside of their hideout (which will now be deemed the Justice Cave); all four of them surrounding Nightwing and the Blue Beetle.

"Nightwing," said Ray, "what's so good about that beetle?"

"It's a real money bringer, that much it is," answered their mentor. "But that's not all it's good for."

"I shoulda know that there was more to it," answered Slobo. "I mean, what's the big deal if she takes the darn thing and gets paid for it?"

"1) That's stealing," answered Ray, "and 2) Nightwing said that there's more to it, so let's hear him out."

"The Blue Beetle was created by the ancient Juba-Shaka people. It was made to give the possessor the power of their almighty Beetle deity to help defend their home, or if in the wrong hands, it could destroy their home and everyone it."

"But Mighty Endowed didn't know that," said Secret.

"And if she had kept it any longer, she would've been bound to find out," finished Ray.

"All this talk of diets and bugs is making my head spin," said Impulse walking away.

"It needs to get to the National Jump Museum by tonight before it closes," said Nightwing.

"Why don't we just hold it here until tomorrow so we're not in a rush?" asked Secret.

"Because Mighty Endowed knows we have it, and she'll try to take it back from us here, and I don't think we want another house party."

"Like she'd dare try to take us on again," said Slobo, flexing his muscles.

"Umm, I love to burst your bubble, Slo-brain," said Empress. "Secret and I were the ones that did it. You guys were to busy playing houseplant."

"Like we could help it," said Ray and Slobo, crossing their arms.

"I think you should let us take it to the museum, Nightwing," said Empress.

"Yeah, Empress and I can handle it," added Secret. The two girls then stood side by side.

"Hmmm, well if you think you can handle the responsibility, then you can go," agreed Nightwing.

"WEEEEEEE!" shouted the two girls as they held hands and screeched to the top of their lungs. Nightwing and the other boys all fell back from the ear shattering scream.

"BUT," shouted their mentor. "You HAVE to get the beetle to the museum BEFORE 10:00 pm, the hour of the full moon."

"Why?" asked Empress, grabbing the beetle.

"Because the power of the Blue Beetle works with the power of the full moon and whoever is holding it gains that Blue Beetle power. It wears off eventually, but whichever one of you is holding it gets that power, and if Mighty Endowed arrives and gets that beetle, then it's curtains."

Everyone in the room then froze and stared wide eyed at Nightwing. Empress looked at the beetle, and then quickly passed it into Secret's hands.

"Well now, have a good night, don't stay out too late, and keep away from guys with tattoos," Nightwing said walking away. He then turned back and looked at the girls who were still standing there. "Go."

Empress ran as fast as she could, still holding the Blue Beetle, and Secret flying above her. She stared up at the sky, and saw that sun was beginning to set. As beautiful as the scene was, they had little time to stop and admire. Just then, Empress froze in her place, trying to catch her breath. Secret hovered over her.

"What's wrong, Empress?"

"You'd—think—you'd think that Nightwing would've given us a map or something to WHERE this museum is. I mean, we've only been here for not that long, and I don't do museums, so there would be no way for me to find it and teleport there."

"Hopefully we'll find it," said Secret, looking around.

"So far so good," said a cloaked figure from atop a large building that towered the streets below. Next to her stood another cloak wearing figure. In the figure's hand held a large bow and arrow, and in the other figure's hand, was a golden lasso. The two watched Secret and Empress below looking confused and dumbfounded.

"Not quite," said cloak #2. "They're not moving and they don't really know where to go. I think maybe it's time we take over from here…"

Just as this was said, a large dark cloud then loomed over Jump City. Quickly, the two cloaked figures turned their direction to the sky.

"Night already?" asked Empress, scratching her head. "It'd better not rain. My hair is…"

"This doesn't look good. I'm feeling an evil presence."

Empress stared at her friend oddly.

"It's her!" said cloak #1. "Mighty Endowed is coming!"

"Let's move!"

"Who are they!?" exclaimed Empress as she saw two cloaked figures leap off of the building above them. One of them whipped out their lasso and wrapped it around a pole and swung down to the ground, bringing the other along with it.

The two figures stood up and looked at the girls.

"I bet their working for Endowed!" said Empress, whipping out her staff.

"NO!" exclaimed Secret. "LOOK!"

Everyone turned their attention to the dark cloud, as they saw the face of none other than Mighty Endowed being formed in it. Quickly, the face then disappeared as her body then floated down from the cloud.

"Guess who's back!" the evil villain said as she landed on the street pavement. "The beetle if you will."

"Over our cold, lifeless, limited animated bodies!" shouted cloak #1.

"Who are those guys?" asked Secret.

"For starters…we're girls!" shouted cloak #2 as she threw back her hood and pulled out her bow and arrows, revealing a blonde haired girl with a red mask over her face.

"And for enders….we're here to help!" added cloak #1 as she pulled off her hood, revealing another blonde haired girl with goggles on her head. The two girls threw off their cloaks and grinned at Mighty Endowed.

"I'm sorry," said Mighty Endowed. "But have we met?"

"Not necessarily," said the arrow wielding girl. "Name's Arrowette."

"And I'm Wonder Girl, and we're descendants of the ancient Juba-Shaka people!"

"Oookay," said Empress. "That somewhat clears things up."

"And this is supposed to scare me?" asked Mighty Endowed laughing. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Nope," said Wonder Girl.

"This is," finished Arrowette as she cocked back her arm, pulling on the energized arrow she used and released it, sending it flying for the femme fatale.

BLAM! The arrow exploded on contact with her chest, leaving behind a cloud of smoke. As Endowed opened her eyes, all she saw past the smoke, was a fist!

WAM! The powerful blow sent her flying backwards into a large nearby truck.

"Let's go!" said Secret as she flew to the fight. Empress ran right behind her.

Mighty Endowed stood up, rubbing her head, while the golden lasso of Wonder Girl wrapped around her body.

"Get the bull by the horns!" joked Wonder Girl.

"I'm not a pig, nor a COW!" screamed Endowed as she jerked her body around, yanking Wonder Girl and slamming her into the grounding, freeing her from being tied up.

Empress then appeared next to Endowed and began swinging her staff madly at the villain still holding the Beetle.

"Empress!" called Arrowette. "Over here!"

Empress quickly tossed the Beetle to Arrowette, who caught the statue.

"I grow weary of this," said Endowed as she grabbed the staff, and punched Empress right in the face, sending her flying back. Quickly, Arrowette tossed the Beetle into the air for Secret to catch, while she pulled back another explosive trick arrow, and fired it.

BLAM! It exploded again in Endowed's face, sending her flying backwards. As soon as her body went over the hole Wonder Girl was slammed into creating, the young girl flew out of the hole, slamming into the body of Endowed, causing her to drop to the ground, dazed and knocked out.

After leaving Mighty Endowed lying in the streets, Secret, Empress, Arrowette, and Wonder Girl had continued the rest of the way to the museum. It was now dark out, and the moon was beginning to appear full. The four were now on a subway there, surrounded by a group of passengers.

"Thanks again," said Secret, shaking hands with Wonder Girl and Arrowette. "I'm Secret and this is Empress of Young Justice."

"Nice to meet you two," said Wonder Girl. "Arrowette and I are descendants of the ancient Juba-Shaka tribe like we said earlier. Ever since the Blue Beetle was created, our people knew how dangerous it could be in the wrong hands, so a group was created then to protect it from the hands of evil. The group was called the Guardians and they were our ancestors, and up till this day we still protect it."

"Sounds like something out of a comic book," said Empress. "But if you're willing to help us get it to the museum, then by all means…"

"No," said Arrowette. "WE have to take that back and keep it from anyone else trying to steal it. I mean, what's gonna stop Mighty Endowed or someone else from breaking in and taking it?"

As they talked, Secret stood there listening, but was distracted when a small rubber ball hit her leg. She looked down and saw a young boy playing with it. She bent down and picked it up, handing it to the boy.

"You've got a point," answered Empress. "I wonder why Nightwing didn't think of that."

The boy bounced his ball again but this time lost grip of it, and watched it roll down to the empty end of the car.

"So I guess from here its goodbye, then?" asked Empress, handing the beetle to Wonder Girl.

The boy got up and ran after it, ending up at the end of the car. Secret watched the boy, as she noticed that he was staring out the back window at something. She began to sense something.

"Not goodbye, really," said Arrowette. "More like…"

"OH NO!" screamed Secret. Everyone quickly turned their attention at the end of the car, as half of it was ripped off, causing the boy to fly back.

"MY BABY!" screamed a lady, obviously his mother.

"I'll get him!" shouted Empress as she readied for teleportation.

Just then, Mighty Endowed appeared and grabbed the boy and held him in her arms. She then hopped on to the train.

"You'll what now?" asked the evil villain with a grin.

"Put him down!" ordered Secret.

"The Beetle, if you please."

"NEVER!" shouted Arrowette.

"Alright then…" Mighty Endowed then held out the boy.

"HERE!" Secret then grabbed the Blue Beetle out of Wonder Girl's grasp and tossed it at Endowed. She grabbed it and smiled.

"Thank you. Now here's the child." Endowed then tossed the child behind her and floated upwards.

"I got him!" Empress then teleported off and reappeared near the boy and grabbed him. Quickly, she teleported back onto the train.

"We've GOT to get that beetle back," said Wonder Girl. She then flew off and punched her way through the ground above her. Secret transformed into her ghastly form and floated through, while Empress teleported her and Arrowette to the above.

The four girls had made it on above ground and looked around for Mighty Endowed.

They had found her, but she was not looking normal. She was becoming dizzy, and her skin began to change.

Wonder Girl nudged Arrowette and then pointed into the sky. It was dark out, and the full moon had appeared.

"Not good," said Empress.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" said Mighty Endowed as she began to change her appearance. She soon began to sprout large blue wings, grew a powerful blue hide, and grew much larger than she originally was. The power of the Blue Beetle had taken affect.

"Ladies and gentlemen," said Arrowette, as she readied her weapon. "Queen B."

"What has happened to me!?" shrieked the almighty Mighty Endowed. "I feel…I feel different. I feel stronger!"

"LET'S MOVE!" shouted Wonder Girl. The young girl flew for her target, but as she grew closer, Might Endowed extended her large arm, which transformed into the pincers of a beetle.

CLAMP! The large claws clamped onto Wonder Girl's body, immobilizing her. She then hurled the weakened body to the ground.

Empress then concentrated her mind on Mighty endowed, trying to lift her or immobilize her as well, but her attempts failed.

"She's drowning out my powers!" cried Empress.

"It's the power of—the Beetle," said a weakened Wonder Girl. "It's getting to me too!"

The two girls looked up at Secret who was still in ghastly mode circling Endowed.

"Why didn't it affect Secret?" asked Wonder Girl.

"She's different form us," said Empress. "Not sure how, but she is."

"Are we gonna stand here talking while she keeps walking?" asked Arrowette as she ran around Mighty Endowed, firing more and more trick arrows at the beast. Each one exploded in her face, but she was still up.

"RRAAAAAARRRRR!" she roared as she hopped into the air and beat her powerful wings, creating a gust of wind that sent Arrowette flying backwards into a car.

As Empress stared at Mighty Endowed, she was still holding the beetle. She remembered where the power of the beetle came from…and how it's activated. She looked up into the sky and saw the bright moon.

"Secret!" she shouted. "Look! The moon! You have to block it out! Your powers are still working, so you have to block it out using them."

Secret stared up and saw what she had to do. Though she was skeptic, she went along with it. She nodded at her teammate, and flew off into the sky.

Mighty Endowed then turned around and began stomping towards Empress and Wonder Girl.

"Forget money!" she said. "I can rule this pitiful City! In fact, THE WORLD!"

"Not unless your clock runs out," said Wonder Girl.

"Huh?" asked the large beast. She then looked into the sky, and saw Secret creating a large gas cloud which grew larger and larger every second, blocking the lunar rays. "NNNOOOOOOOOOOO!" She then flew upwards for Secret with full speed.

"HURRY SECRET!" urged Empress. "SHE'S COMING!"

The cloud grew larger.

Mighty Endowed grew closer.

Larger.

Closer.

Larger.

Pause. Mighty Endowed froze in her place, as she felt immobile. She looked at the large cloud, which had grown large enough to block out the moon!

"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Mighty Endowed, as she felt she was losing everything. The immense power and her beetle like appearance. She soon felt weaker than she originally was. Soon, she and the Blue Beetle statue came hurtling towards the ground, followed by a weakened Secret. Arrowette caught the Beetle, while Wonder Girl caught Secret.

"Well thanks for all your help, girls," said Empress.

"Yeah," added Secret. "We really made a great team. We should do it again sometime."

"Yeah," replied Arrowette holding the beetle. "We'll let you know when we're in town again."

"Until then," said Wonder Girl turning around. "We'll exit Stage Right. See ya guys soon."

And after they said there goodbyes, Empress and Secret were on their way home.