Young Justice Reborn
Arc One: Origins & Unity – Part 2: The Team & Mt. Justice
12/22/16 (8/2/2021 Re-upload)
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~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~ Inside the Bug ~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~
Inside the Bug, a flying machine in the shape of a giant blue beetle, the billionaire Ted Kord stands before the teens. Only one person knows Teddy's game: Impulse. None of them have spoken much as everything is still absorbing everything. Within the last hour, men in six massive robots caused a huge fight; Kyle Rayner got a piece of jewelry that makes him more than a man. They found three metahumans, or what they believe are three metahumans.
"May I ask Ted Kord, why to save us from the warehouse?" Kaldur'ahm breaks the silence.
Nodding to the young man with a smile, Ted opens the door to his small meeting room in his ship. "Come inside, and I'll start talking."
Each of the young adults looks to one another. However, Bart Allen went first and followed by Kyle, Kara, Kaldur'ahm, and finally Jason. All of them take a seat around a holographic machine in the center of the room. "Kord Industries has MANY functions, one of which is related to you. So I want you to join my team. A team of metahumans, people with extraordinary abilities granted to them and, in some cases, aliens. Any questions so far?"
Raising his hand quickly, Jason starts making sounds to get Ted's attention. "Yes, Mr. Price?"
"Can you point out one alien?"
Without hesitation, Kara raises her hand. Seeing an alien in person and feeling at a loss, Jason sits on the floor then goes quiet, knowing he's been looking in one direction for the longest time. Now that the 'urgent' question has been answered, Teddy can continue.
"I have three members of my team already. Impulse, who just earned his right today back at that warehouse. My protege: Blue Beetle, whom you'll meet with shortly, and well, when you see her, I'll let her do the talking."
This time, it's Kyle's with his hand up. "What's your goal with this group?"
"Crime has been on a steady increase, and the police aren't very effective against metahumans. So to pick up their slack, I, a benefactor and business partner, think we should build a group. One of young, energetic individuals who want to protect their home as much as we do. I've been looking at some of you; how is my secret, but some of you are unexpected." Teddy looks towards Kyle and Jason.
Both young men have their hands up and are calling for Ted, who selects Kyle. "Are we the ones you weren't expecting? It has to be us because all I got this ring and JP... well Tons-Of-Fun here isn't useful outside tackling doors off hinges."
"Before I continue, do you like 'Jason,' 'Jay,' or 'JP'?" Asks Teddy politely.
With a snap of his fingers, Jason's index finger points to Ted Kord. "I don't care as long as you don't call me 'Late to dinner, okay?"
Some low laughing escapes Kyle's mouth, clearly knowing it's true. Teddy continues, "Well, JP, we can find a use for you. Even if it's just in a supporting role, as you're physically..."
"Too fat?" Answers both Kyle and Jason.
With some regret in his words, Teddy Kord nods at him. "I'm sorry, with you the way you are now... I believe reaching your max potential will be difficult. But, nevertheless, I PROMISE YOU, and I'll figure out a way for you to aid your friends."
"Theodore Kord, I would like to know your plans with Kyle Rayner and the ring. Unfortunately, the ring fell into Atlantis; my queen would like our nation's property returned." Aqualad speaks up in a stern but formal voice.
Hearing his concerns, Teddy counters, "I hate to inform you, but the ring is something I found, shot into space on a piece of meteorite that crashed here... from three years ago. I don't want to go into details, but it took an excruciating amount of time, effort, and cash to pull that off. But I'm not about to invoke your queen's wrath. I am willing to talk with her about the ring. I'd like to communicate with her as soon as possible."
"I can arrange a conversation," Kaldur'ahm says, understanding his point.
Kara beings stating "Mister-"
"That's my dad." Interrupts Teddy.
"Ted, where are we going? I know it's a weekend, but some of us might have plans."
Everyone stares at her. Blushing from embarrassment, Kara calmly speaks up. "I don't, but I was thinking about you."
No one has any plans as they are not bringing them up. "I've set up a little base; Bart's already seen it with the others. I'm sure you'll like it."
As Teddy finishes, a voice comes over the ship's PA system. "Ted, the Bug's almost reached Mount Justice, our partners are also waiting on a conference call, and the team has also returned."
"Okay, Teri!" Teddy jumps up, runs to the cockpit, and quickly shuts off the autopilot to take over himself. The five teens run into the cockpit and see a hidden hangar hiding on a mountain.
The passengers strap in as Teddy goes down and quickly lands. Once everything is safe, shutdown, and the loading door is open, the teens get out of the Bug and enter Mount Justice, most for the first time. Waiting to greet them and her boss, a young woman with short, boyish, blonde hair, stays for Ted, coincidentally she too is dressing similar to him. They exchange greetings, and she hands him a tablet to read.
"Thank you, Teri."
"Teddy, your meeting is waiting in the communication room. I'll take our recruits to meet one another." An elevator door opens, and both Teri and Ted walk with each other until he is on the elevator and she's with the young teens.
"I can handle it from here Teri, please take care of everything while I tend to business. Thank you." The elevator shuts as the two smile, acknowledging his order.
Once the elevator hits a lower floor, Ted Kord walks out with several holograms of people waiting for him. Upon standing on his projector, the others acknowledge Ted's arrival. "Good evening, everyone, Dr. Jeremiah Danvers, Dr. Eliza Danvers, and Mr. Lex Luthor."
~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~ Meeting the Others ~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~
With a big smile, Teri extends an arm towards their surroundings and leads around. "I'm Teri Magnus, and welcome to Mount Justice!"
After a bit of display with her hands and popping some streamers, Teri turns to Kaldur'ahm, Jason, Kyle, Kara, and Bart. They look at one another for a moment as the one adult memorizes their faces. "I see we're heavy two people, Ted informed me earlier. However, I'm aware of most of you, so if you follow me, I'll show you around your base and new home if you choose."
The group walks onto another high-speed elevator. After a quick drop, making most stumble, the door opens and reveals a huge living area. Complete with all sorts of amenities for relaxing after a hard day, and notice a young Mexican man with short black hair drinking a Crimson Bison. He calmly waves towards Bart, who's enthusiastically weaving back.
"This is the lounge room, next to is the kitchen area. It's stocked and open. Feel free to use either. That's Jaime Reyes. Would you care to join the recruits?"
"Sure, nice to meet you." He says with a thick Hispanic accent and joins the others.
Bart and Jaime bump knuckles as Teri leads them into a hallway before a pair of automatic doors. "This is the living quarters; there are a dozen rooms and so far only one permanent occupant."
With Teri as lead, the new team heads through the automated doors and is taken back by what they see. "The library, four floors of book generously donated to us from libraries around the United States, Canada, and other countries. Feel free to study when you're not busy."
Supergirl, Aqualad, and Kyle check out a few isles and enjoy what the library has to offer. With Kyle and Jason looking for books on art and cooking before they follow Terry to opposing rooms. The teens have a few minutes to see what kind of books they can use in their studies or leisure time. Once the teens rejoin Terri, she stops and points out the following two rooms as everyone looks at her then into the windows.
"Here we have the mission room for briefings on missions you'll go on, and across from it is the medical room. Ted and our partners have given us top-of-the-line equipment for the treatment of any illness or injury you may incur while on a mission. In addition, we have private medical staff on-site that are trained on both human and most alien physiology."
The tour continues; they pass several rooms as Teri points out an elevator. "We just passed the gym and therapy rooms; both have equipment that we just had delivered today. It's complete with state-of-the-art training gear and equipment, a sauna, a shower, or if you prefer, a natural hot spring. As for this hallway, it leads to a vacant grotto, an empty trophy room, and a private waterfall room if you need to talk or meet in private or even meditate. But, unfortunately, that's it for the tour, and I have to attend to Teddy's business. So you're on free time unless we get notified. If you have any questions, we'll be in touch."
As soon as Teri walks away, Jason checks out the gym. "Hello, gym... we finally meet."
"If you wanted to go to the gym, why don't you ever ask me? We only live like a hundred feet away from one." Kyle leans against the same window to see what they got.
Kara walks in with Aqualad, Bart, and Jaime, with Jason and Kyle making up the rear. Each of them checks out the stuff available, with Kara looking at a bench press machine. Taking her cape off, she hangs on the wall and puts a total of five hundred pounds of weight on it. Meanwhile, Bart is on a treadmill, walking backward at forty miles per hour; Kyle's impressed at his feat of strength and attempts to squat four hundred pounds, over twice his weight. However, his ring isn't activated, and he finds it difficult to squat that weight. Choosing not to use machines, Aqualad
stretches out before using free weights and the medicine ball. While Jaime Reyes does some arm curls, Jason watches Supergirl. He wants to know if she can bench press over four times her body weight and is very impressed when she does it effortlessly. Then, taking up the speed bag, Jason hammers away with some fists as they all get some exercise in. At some point, Kyle looks up and sees a green woman with red hair walking in to join them.
"Are you the recruits?" Her kind voice carries much happiness in her question.
With a loud thud and groan, Kyle stops squatting while Jason gets a punch to the face by the bag. Holding his eye, he walks over to Kyle and helps his friend up. With no difficulty, a loud thud echoed in the room as Supergirl sets the bar. Slowly sitting up, Kara looks at the new girl with the others.
"The one holding his eye is Jason, his friend with the emerald ring is Kyle, I'm Supergirl." Supergirl walks over to shake hands, but the green girl instead hugs all three of them at once.
After a quick, powerful squeeze, her arms release them, and she smiles back at them. "I'm Miss Martian, but you call me M'gann. I'm SO excited that we have another girl on the team and two new guys. What are your powers?"
"What are YOUR powers?" Kyle says with a bit of sass in his voice and a hint of a smile.
"I'm super strong like Supergirl, and I can shapeshift too." Noticing his looks, Megan returns a friendly smile and looks towards him.
"A shapeshifter? Do you use magic or some other sorcery?" Kaldur'ahm asks, very intrigued to the young Martian.
With her hands up, M'gann's body shifts into a female version of Kaldur'ahm, complete with the gills, tribal tattoos, fins, and clothing. M'gann gets a quick look at Jason. She spins around and turns into a female version of him, down to his bulky weight, height, and clothing. Looking at how fast and accurately she can become someone else, but as a female, she still impresses everyone. With one last transformation, M'gann turns into an identical copy of Supergirl.
Once the show is over, and M'gann becomes herself again, Kaldur'ahm speaks up first. "You did Supergirl exactly right; why did you become a female version of myself and Jason?"
"As a Martian, it's in our genetics to shapeshift, and it's easier to for me to become another female. Becoming a male is a lot harder and way more painful. I hope you're not too mad that I became females of you two."
All the young men haven't met or seen a shapeshifter in action. Both Aqualad and Jason took no offense because she could only make herself a female version of them. So naturally, neither young man was offended by flattery. Feeling everyone is completely accepting, M'gann puts her hands behind her back, and she leans in slightly, smiling at them.
"I'm also a telepath." M'gann adds.
The thought of meeting a telepath intrigues both Kyle and Jason, who smile at each other. "Can you read our thoughts?" Both young men say excitedly.
"Sure can! I normally don't like reading or controlling good people's thoughts..." M'gann says out loud, but as her mouth closes, she starts to talk to them mentally. "I can also do this; I know Kaldur'ahm still wants the ring. Kyle's thinking about his ring, wondering why it isn't working. Jason's thinking about me speaking to him with my telepathy. Bart's thinking about what to make for dinner. Jaime's thinking about his hija and madre. In contrast, Supergirl is hard to read. I think she's still taking this all in."
However, her mental powers are more remarkable than anyone thought. Except for Jason, their heads begin to hurt badly. Once she stops, so does most of their discomfort, but some lingering pains remain. Being concerned for their well-being, M'gann stops reading their minds as well. Both Jason and M'gann help their allies back to their feet.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Jason's voice is concerning for his peers.
Rubbing his temples, Bart's first to speak up. "Ugh, that voice... when she uses her telepathic powers, it hurts."
"Dios mio, M'gann, can you give us a heads up next time?" Jaime says, rubbing his ears.
"I believe all of us were unprepared for your powers." Aqualad joins the crowd.
Shrugging his shoulders and helping the others out, namely Kyle, Jason looks to everyone else. "I enjoyed her talking to me mentally. I'd prefer it if that's how me and her talk."
"Of course we can! Just look me in the eyes and blink twice when you want to talk like this." M'gann sends a telepathic message who smiles at him.
"I wish to check out the therapy room; I'm starting to feel dehydrated and wish to know if there's a pool." Everyone looks to Aqualad to see he's beginning to sweat.
"Follow us." Bart runs ahead, yellow energy trailing behind as he opens the doors before everyone else can react.
~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~ Teddy's Meeting ~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~
"Have you found the team, Theodore?" Lex's voice is stern but not cruel.
Nodding to him, Ted keeps a positive attitude. "Yes, I've recruited everyone from the dossiers I've been sent and have one extra member. One whom I may have some difficulty with due to the lack of his powers. My assistant Teri is helping Karanizu Zor-El, Kaldur'ahm, Bart Allen, and M'gann M'orzz. She also identified Kyle Rayner and Jason Price from National City School District records. They too are joining the others."
"Jason Price? He's not any of our records as an alien, metahuman, or gifted human." Jeremiah Danvers looks at a list of potentials.
"About Jason Price: At this time, there's no chance of him being a member due to the lack of any training and abilities. I'm sure I can find something for him to do. As for Kyle Rayner, it appears that Kaldur'ahm was chasing after the Green Lantern ring I shot into space, and it chose him to be the bearer." Ted looks at the others to see they're also enjoying the new development.
"It's good to know that Mr. Guy Gardner's ring has found a new owner, interesting it choose a younger host. About Jaime Reyes..." Eliza trails as everyone flips a page.
"Jaime Reyes has successfully bonded with the Scarab that Dr. Daniel Garrett left me. So far, the X-Rays and MRI's have shown it's attached to his spinal column and rooted into his brain stem as well. We haven't found any evidence the Scarab is causing any damage." Teddy shows a picture of a large Scarab attached to the spine of Jaime Reyes.
"We need more information as soon as you have it, for Jaime Reyes. Dr. Garrett's files don't have much information on the Scarab, unfortunately." Eliza adds as she looks towards Lex.
"How has the young speedster been adapting?" Lex brings up the next on their list then looks to Ted again.
A smile crosses Teddy's face as he looks at his notes of the impulsive speedster." Bart Allen's youth serves him well, right now, his speed is impressive, and he can travel at speeds almost three times the speed of sound. We'll be working on seeing how his abilities are helpful for other purposes. I already know his healing and immune systems are excellent; he burns through flu and other colds within five minutes while deep wounds heal in under ten. I have an idea about him using his hands to create torrents for a ranged attack or use to repel one."
With little care for their names, Lex brings up the next two bluntly. "How about the two aliens?"
"They have names, Mr. Luthor." Teddy shoots back calmly.
"One of them is our daughter." Eliza gives Lex an angry scowl.
"I'm aware she's your daughter; I'm aware she looks very human. However, for safety reasons, I cannot accept Karanizu Zor-El or M'gann M'orzz as fully on our side due to their planetary births." Lex shoots back a matching look.
"Settle down, everyone! Miss Martian tells me she's the lone survivor of her green Martian race. Having spent almost twenty Earth years alone in the Vega system would cause anyone to feel lonely. Luckily she was able to hear my transmission that would welcome any stranded travelers to our world. That is a Godsend to her. Having been on Earth less than two months, I believe she's just happy being around others. M'gann's powers are showing that she's a strong user of telepathy and psychokinesis. Also, a physically strong and tough young woman with the ability to change her physical form.
"Thanks to Mr. Allen's video data and the Danvers' testimony. Kara's powers are slowly developing, and we predict that she'll have the same ones as her late cousin. The powers that have manifested in her so far are flight, super endurance, super strength, super hearing, microscopic vision, x-ray vision. Her land speed is just under 60 miles per hour, and her flight speed is around the speed of sound. I'll keep my eyes open on her as we're unsure of what powers will manifest and when." With the press of a few buttons, Teddy sends files to the Danvers and Lex about his team so far, then hears Teri come down the elevator.
"Good work, Ted." Both Lex and Jeremiah respond at once.
"Teddy, the group is united and starting to grow." Teri informs her boss and his partners.
Nodding at his assistant, Teddy happily responds, "Thank you, Teri. Lex, how's the side project you're working on?"
With everyone now focused on him, Lex smirks back at them. "I have my dossiers, "Sting," "Bird Boy," and "Quiver" are on a mission now. I started my team weeks ago, and they're doing fine adjusting to my rigorous demands and regiments. I also have others I'm looking into."
"As of this time, we have no orders from the higher-ups. However, if we get anything, we'll send a coded message to you and your assistant. That's all for now, everyone." Eliza ends her transmission first, followed by her husband, then Lex.
Walking out of the hologram projector, Ted returns the tablet from earlier to Teri. "That's good to hear. Notice anything about Kyle or Jason?"
"They seem to be comfortable with each other. None were in the least bit bothered finding out that both Kara Zor-El and M'gann M'orzz are aliens or that Kaldur'ahm is an Atlantean. I also think one or both of them are into xenophilia with the looks they gave both Kara and M'gann." Teri gives Ted a bit of a worried look.
With a low chuckle, Teddy looks at Terri as they go up the elevator. "How do you figure?"
"I saw how they were looking at them when they met, it doesn't hurt you gave me glasses that can tap into the security system, so I saw the looks they gave M'gann and Kara once I left them." Teri smiles at Ted and leans on the wall.
"Ah youth, I wouldn't worry too much about them yet. Just keep an eye on each of them when I can't, okay?" Teddy leans on the same wall as he pulls out his phone.
TO BE CONTINUED...