Green Lantern New Genesis
Chapter 13
Infiltrator
"Hello Meagan" Miss Martian said as she raced out on the sand.
"We should hit the beach everyday" She said.
"First, a moment of silence for our absent comrade" Robin said.
"Poor wally" Meagan said about Kid Flash who was stuck at school.
"But, we do have our newest member here in his place" Robin joked looking at Shinji dressed in trunks and a long shirt.
"Why are you even wearing that?" Conner asked pointing at his shirt.
"Because I want to?" He asked backing away slightly. Conner grunted before smiling and lunging at him.
"Hey wait, don't" Shinji said as Conner tore the shirt off him leaving him standing bare chested. Though he had undergone extensive physical training in the core and with the team, and though he had almost no fat before then, he had also not built up any muscle that showed.
"Dude, do you even eat?" Robin asked looking at the boys rail thin form.
"Should you really be telling me that?" Shinji shot back.
"Alright boys, we're here to have fun" Meagan said and grabbing Shinji by the hand all but dragged him into the shallow water.
"See, it's fun" She said splashing him.
"Yeah" he said splashing her back making her laugh. The day got better from then as Shinji eased up and enjoyed himself as they played volleyball, played in the sand and even ate hot dogs.
"So Shinji, what were those things you summoned?" Robin asked as they ate.
"What things?" He asked, a cold pit forming in his stomach.
"Those things you used to rip apart Amazo. Star Labs wasn't happy about how many pieces he was in" Robin quipped.
"That's…a long story" Shinji responded fiddling with his ring.
"I you ever wish to tell it, we will listen" Kaldur said.
"Thanks" Shinji said blushing.
"What I summoned…were the worst of them, real monsters, but they were based off of something else" He said and raising his ring and focusing formed a full-size version of Unit01.
"It's a biomechanical war machine built to fight something even worse than it" He said his thoughts giving form to the third angle that appeared right next to it.
"You didn't get this from some kind of story did you?" Robin asked.
"Might I ask what you are doing?" Red Tornado asked from behind them.
"Is something wrong?" Megan asked turning to the android.
"These constructs can be seen by the boats in the harbor, and since they are…intimidating it might generate a negative reaction" Red Tornado explained.
"I'm sorry…I" Shinji began as he dissolved them
"It was our fault. We asked Shinji where he got the idea for some of his constructs and he was showing us while explaining" Kaldur said.
"Indeed. All the same, be careful about what you create and how large you create it. Also you have thirty minutes to get dressed and report to the briefing room" Red Tornado said as he walked away.
"Thank you" Shinji said quietly.
"What, it was the truth" Robin said nudging him slightly.
"All the same, I would like to hear more of your story, when you are ready to tell it" Kaldur said putting a hand on the boys shoulder.
"We should get going" Shinji said summoning his uniform and Miss Martian shifted out of her bikini.
"Show offs" Robin said. They went inside to find Batman, Red Tornado and Green Arrow standing with a teenage girl with an athletic curvy figure, long blond hair in a pony tail and brown eyes wearing a green top with an arrow on the front that bared her midriff and arms and long green pants and a green mask. Just as they entered the Zeta tube announced the arrival of kid flash.
"The Wall man is here, now lets get this party start….ted" He said as he tripped over the pile of beach supplies he was carrying.
"Wall man huh, love the uniform. What exactly are your powers?" The girl asked snidely.
"Uh, who's this?" Wally asked.
"Artemis, your new teammate" The girl said.
"Kid Flash, never heard of you" Wally answered.
"She's my new protégé" Green arrow said.
"What happened to your old one?" Wally asked as the Zeta tube announced the arrival of speedy.
"For starters he doesn't go by speedy anymore, call me Red Arrow" The tall red head announced.
"Roy, you look" Green Arrow said.
"Replaceable" The man answered.
"It's not like that, you told me you were going solo" Green Arrow said.
"So why waste time finding a sub, can she even use that bow?" He demanded.
"Yes, she can" Artemis said getting in the taller boys face.
"Who are you?" Wally demanded.
"She's my niece" Green Arrow said.
"I'm his niece" Artemis said at the exact same time.
"Another niece?" Robin asked.
"But she is not your replacement. We have always wanted you on the team, and we have no quota on archers." Aqualad explained.
"If we did, you know who we'd pick" Wally added.
"Whatever Baywatch, I'm here to stay" Artemis said.
"you came to us for a reason" Aqulad stated.
"Yeah, a reason name doctor Cerling Roquet" Roy said and Robin gave a run down on the woman and how she vanished two weeks ago.
"Abducted two weeks ago by the league of shadows" Red Arrow explained.
"Whoa, you want us to recuse her from the shadows?" Robin asked in awe and glee.
"Hardcore" Kid flash said as the fist bumped.
"I already rescued her" Red Arrow said and went on to explain about the nanite weapon they had forced her to build for them that could dissolve anything and steal any data.
"Providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting edge science and tech" Red Arrow finished.
"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, powerbroking. Yeah sounds like the shadows" Artemis added.
"Like you know anything about the shadows" Wally scoffed, and the girl just smirked at him.
"Who are you?" Wally demanded. Red arrow explained about how he had hidden Dr. Roquet at a local high school.
"Then lets keep her safe together" Green arrow said.
"Together? Don't you want to take your new protégé?" Red arrow demanded, with Batman putting a hand on Green Arrows shoulder when he moved toward Red Arrow.
"You brough this to the team. It's there mission now, which means it's hers too." Green Arrow said.
"Then my jobs done" Red Arrow said walking away and changing his ID for the Zeta tube as he left. The team moved out to the highchool Roquet was hiding in, taking up different positions to guard her.
"Is everyone online? Ms. Martians voice said inside Shinji's head surprising him. While M'bar's voice had been like nails on a chalk board, Meagans was strong yet gentle.
"This is weird" Artemis said and Shinji listened as a snarky comment from the Doctor devolved into an argument between Kid Flash and Artemis and then the conversation between Robin and Kid Flash over how it was Artemis arrow that had saved Kid Flash. For his part Shinji tried to keep his mind blank of any stray thoughts, not knowing what his friends might hear, focusing in the same way that he did when synching with his Eva while he listened to the conversation between Kaldur and Roquet about her invention and how she couldn't track it without revealing her position and with Kaldur's assurance she began tracking it.
"I wonder of all scientists are that sarcastic?" Shinji wondered as he was reminded of Ritsuko Akagi.
"Did you say something?" Meagan asked.
"no" Shinji replied back quickly.
"I thought you did, sorry" M'gan said as Artemis made a mental comment toward superboy which angered Miss Martian.
"I wonder how she'd react of a boy made that kind of pass at her" Shinji thought too loudly.
"Depends on the boy cutie" Artemis thought back making him blush and redouble his sync state.
"Ms. Martian, has located the fog. Reconfigure the bioship so that Robin and Superboy can pursue" Aqualad. After the two boys left in the bioship Shinji put forward an idea.
"Listen, if the assassins are going to show anyway, then I'm going to create some constructs as a perimeter" Shinji broadcast.
"And you didn't do that before why?" Artemis asked.
"Maybe because the last thing we need are bunch of glowing green monsters walking around" Wally said.
"At first, but now they well come in handy. Lantern if you think you can cover the entire perimeter, do it" Kaldur stated.
"Roger" Shinji said and focusing created the nine MP Evas and the three normal evas, as well as the third, fourth, and sixteenth angels and sent them out to walk the perimeter, and took a seat on the roof, it taking all his concentration to maintain all fifteen constructs at once.
"Okay, they're patrolling the grounds and will set off a warning if they meet anything that isn't us. Try not to get to creeped out by them" Shinji advised.
"Really, why would I…ahh" Artemis yelped as the fourth angel slithered past her, it's phallic body raising up to look at her before going on it's way.
"What the…you may be cute but you are so much creepier than the last time we met" She thought.
"What?" M'gan asked.
"Don't worry about it" Shinji said, smiling slightly as he realized that she was the archer who had beaten him up a while back. He sat quietly as he listened to Ms. Martian and Artemis argue as his constructs patrolled, scanning the ground more than looking at it, like fifteen different ring scans going on at once, which took complete concentration to filter into anything useful, until the copy of the fourth angel found almost nonexistent foot prints and a biosignature leading up to and over the fence, right past the two girls, and Shinji didn't think to tell the two girls as he flew after her. He shot through the halls and heard the sound of clashing, bursting into the computer room and firing a blast at the green clad masked figure who was fighting with Aqualad, who leapt away and avoided his blasts with almost inhuman agility.
"Protect the Doctor" Aqualad said as the assassin's leapt toward Roquett and Shinji threw a dome around her which the masked woman leapt off of and back to the floor.
"A green lantern, interesting" The woman said as Artemis burst through the door, an arrow at the ready.
"Don't, move" She said.
"This gigs getting more interesting" The woman said unsheathing a sword which she used to cut out of the air every arrow Artemis fired at her until Kid Flash and Miss Martian entered into the room.
"Maybe a little too interesting" The woman said and dropped a smoke pellet into which she disappeared.
"She's getting away, your letting her get away" Roquett shouted.
"This is all your fault, you were on perimeter, how'd that shadow get in?" Wally accused Artemis.
"That's not really fare. I was outside too" Megan said.
"Outside being distracted by her. Besides I can't be mad at you." He said. "After all, you gave me mouth to mouth" Wally added mentally.
"We heard that" They all said mentally.
"Dang it" he said out loud.
"I didn't do half as well my first battle, and I know you can't have been green arrows sidekick for very long". Meagan consoled Artemis.
"Focus everyone, the Shadows will be back" Aqualad said as Robin radioed in about how a star lab and all it's tech and knowledge had been consumed and destroyed, and asked what their next move was, which was to move the doctor to a different location. This time Shinji hovered on the roof of the building and kept full concentration on his constructs to make sure nothing got past him.
"Shinji, are you alright?" Megan asked softly.
"One of my constructs spotted her and I followed her without warning anyone. I'm sorry" Shinji replied softly.
"Don't worry about it" Meagan reassured him.
"Nothing's getting past me this time" Shinji replied as he kept his constructs circling the perimeter, and saw through their eyes Aqualad knocked out in a conflict with the shadows. He shot toward the three shadows, one in a purple body suite, a large man with a hook arm, and the woman, and called his constructs to rush them as well.
"There here, stay with Roquette" Shinji shouted mentally as he sent the constructs at the three. The large man shot his hook out and hit the fourth angle with it which went right through the green energy and shattered it like glass, sending a shock of pain through Shinji as the woman took out her sword and went after the MP evas, slicing through them like butter and shattering them as well.
"What's the matter? Spread a little thin?" The woman asked as the one in the leotard danced around another group of Eva's and the third angel and wrapped them up in a strong web like substance that not even they could break, no matter how Shinji willed them too. Growling he dismissed all of them and shot beams at the three, but the one in the leotard and the man with the hook leapt away as the woman rushed him. Shinji prepared a barrier when he was blinded by light and deafened by the sound of thunder in his ears, and on instinct hunkered down like a turtle willing a shield over him.
"I hope this works" Shinji prayed as he sat and waited for his sight and ears to clear, willing his ring to help heal him. When he could see again, he flew to the real building they were hiding the Doctor to help Kaldur watch her, trusting the others to keep the shadows busy.
"Are you alright?" Kaldur asked as he came in.
"I took a flash bang to the face but I'm alright" Shinji said rubbing an ear. A few minutes later they heard fighting on the roof.
"We have company" Kaldur said.
"Uploading now. And by the way, you said you'd protect me" Roqutte said and Shinji placed a shield over both of them.
"Protection enough?" he asked snidely, just about fed up, as a small gas pellet rolled in and spewed smoke. Kaldur pulled his swords and turned as three darts plunged into his chest and the woman leapt from the ceiling.
"Lest test the limit of your Jelly Fish immunity, shall we?" She asked. Shinji felt a surge of worry go through him for Kaldur but kept all his will behind his shield.
"Are you alright?" He asked aqulad.
"I am fine" he said as he rushed her only to be put down with one kick.
"there, limit tested" She said and walked toward the two under the shield.
"Pardon me cutie, but I have an appointment with the good doctor" The woman said pulling a sai.
"No chance" Shinji said putting everything he had into the bubble dome.
"You really are adorable" The woman said and pulling out a pellet threw it at him, and a flash of bright yellow light exploded in front of the dome which felt like acid dumped onto his mind. Shinji yelled as he tried to keep the shield up only to have it sliced open by the woman's sword. He gathered his will to blast her only for her to grab his ring hand and twist it into a painful angle.
"Green Lanterns don't do too well against yellow, or pain" She said raising her sai when they heard the computer beep.
"So you finished the virus, eliminating the need for your elimination, though not the entertainment value" She said and kicked Shinji hard sending him almost flying across the floor.
"lucky for you my orders are clear. You live to program another day. After all doctor the shadows may find another use for you" The woman said and walked out. Holding his aching arm Shinji crawled over to Kaldur.
"Ring, is he alive?" Shinji asked as and the ring scanned the boy.
"Affirmative" It said as Kaldur groaned and struggled to sit up.
"Easy" Shinji said.
"Where is the assassin?" Kaldur asked.
"She left when she could have killed all three of us" Shinji explained. Helping Kaldur up, Shinji supported him and with the doctor lurched out of the building to find Artemis standing alone. Kaldur asked her the same question with Artemis saying she got away.
"Oh, from you. Big surprise. Notice, we got ours" Kid flash said as he ran up.
"Cool, souvenir" He said picking up the woman's cat mask.
"Her mask? Did you see her face?" Kaldur asked pulling the darts out of him making Shinji wince.
"It was dark" Artemis said, and Kaldur consoled her and welcomed her to the team.
"I always wanted a sister, here on earth I mean, I have twelve back on mars, but trust me it's not the same" Megan said.
"I wouldn't know, but thanks" Artemis replied and after a moment of silence Megan elbowed Wally in the ribs, "yeah, welcome" He said.
"Try not to beat me up so bad this time" Shinji said trying to joke as he offered her his hand.
"No promises" The girl said smiling.
Okay, newest chapter, and for those of you just tuning in, I am not making Shinji a Gary Stue. He is not some all powerful lantern who will come in and fix everything, nor is he the center of the story. He has his part to play, but by and large the young justice story will not change from the original, which is why I write this with the episode up to follow scene by scene with a few additions. This is about Shinji learning to be a hero and to grow up with people who can give him the courage and support to get through his issues and make something of himself. He will have his bumps, his failures and he will still get his ass kicked, but he will learn to pick himself up and keep going. Besides, Chesire is too much of a bad ass in this series to mess with.