[THE 1984-1998 WARNER BROS. LOGO FLASHES AND FADES AWAY]
There is one big multitude.
An infinite number of alternate universes that make up all of reality. Separated by vibrational frequencies. Where we are now is a dimension located within the present universe, designated Prime-Earth.
Gemworld.
A dimension that transcends all of time and space. A glamorous, glitzy, lush paradise populated by many, but is famously home to the Gem Houses. The House of Emerald, Turquoise, Topaz, you get the idea. There is one special house that we won't get to right now, but soon.
In the deserts of Gemworld, a lone figure, clad in a dark hood and wielding a bo staff approaches an equally dark, brooding castle. He walks through the gates and throughout the corridors of said castle, stopping when he approaches a throne room.
"M'lord! Father!" the mysterious man calls out. "I believe I may have figured out what happened to us. You remember a place called Earth? My birthplace?"
The king on his throne grunts and nods.
"There is a map, sir. A map that we cannot draw or see. A map that connects us, so to speak, to Earth. It's how I came to be here. Have you heard of an Earth crisis?"
"I can't say I have," the king responds.
"It's what they call it when an unnatural event changes the Earth against its natural will," the man continued. "They say Earth has survived seven crises. Every time a crisis happens to Earth, everything it touches seems to be affected."
"There better be a point to this, Carnelian," the king warned.
The man, Carnelian, took off his hood, revealing a mop full of black hair and a neatly trimmed goatee. "Seven times. And we've been unfairly punished alongside Earth. The Houses of Gemworld are at their wits' end." Carnelian paused, taking a breath. "Lord Opal of the once-flourishing Gem courts, please, hear me, Father..."
Lord Opal stood up and revealed himself to have a great resemblance to Carnelian, except with longer hair, a more full beard, and harsh red eyes.
"Earth," Lord Opal growled.
METROPOLIS
Home to the Man of Steel, the Daily Planet, and dozens of supervillains, Metropolis goes on as usual, the hustle and bustle of the city streets flaring; honking horns, citizens' loud conversations and music, and the smell of hot dogs are what permeates the city's air.
On the streets, a red pick-up truck drives like a crazy taxi, swerving in an out of lanes and going way, way above the speed limit. It swerves to the left, nearly making a young man on a motorcycle crash.
"HEY!" the young man yells, indignant.
"Sorry! Sorry!" It was a young woman's voice that came from the truck. A few seconds later, the sounds of police sirens fill the air.
"Aw %^&*," the young woman swears, pulling over to the side. On the sidewalk. Where there's lot of people who proceed to scream in terror and scurry out of the way.
This chick's driving skills could use some work.
The police officer gets out and walks toward the red pick-up. "Afternoon," he greets.
"Uh, heh, officer," the young woman says in return; he could pick up a southern accent from her voice.
"You know why I pulled you over?" the officer asked.
"To say hi?" the young southern woman snarked.
The officer fought the urge to roll his eyes at the remark. "Your left tail light's busted."
"Oh ^&*$, really? Sorry 'bout that," the southerner replied.
"This vehicle safe for travel?"
The southern girl smirked at him. "Well, considerin' that I drove dis thing from Drippin' Springs, Texas all the way to here, I figure...yeah."
The officer caught sight of a shotgun sitting next to the young woman. "You have a gun in the car."
"Daddy gave it to me," she answered.
The police officer scowled at the stranger. "Step out of the car."
"Fer a tail light?" the young woman said, perplexed.
"Get your ass out of the car," the police officer re-emphasized, his voice louder.
"Hey, hey. I git it, alright. Ya ain't gotta raise yer voice."
The redheaded young woman stepped out of the car in full view, clad in beige pants with a belt buckle engraved with an 'X', cowboy boots, gloves, and a brown poncho with red, yellow, and blue striped across. She held her hands up and smiled as she looked around the cityscape she was in.
"I have to tell ya," she began, her hat in her right hand. "This is my first time in the big city and y'all did not disappoint. M'name's Jinny Hex!"
The Western Wild Card
Meanwhile, the young man on the motorcycle took off his helmet, revealing black hair, a chiseled face, and baby blue eyes. The crowd around him had dispersed to get away from the incoming motorcycle.
"Tim Drake?" a voice called out to him.
Robin, a.k.a. The World's Second Greatest Detective
The young man, Tim, turned toward the voice to see a blonde girl wearing a short, unzipped brown jacket with a golden 'W' emblazoned on it, a red, blue and gold tank top with that same symbol on the front, and a knee length skirt with star spangled leggings.
Tim smiled at the girl. "No way. Cassie Sandsmark?"
Cassie smiled and took her headphones out of her ear, placing them around the back of her neck. "Yeah, it's me."
"What's got you here in Metropolis?" Tim asked
"Need to get away. Working, and I'm going to school here in the fall," Cassie answered.
Tim snorted at the answer. "You have a job?"
"Well, we can't all hit the Wayne Life Foundation Lottery," Cassie sniped.
Tim chuckled and approached her. "You know, I'd take that sass from just about anyone in my life...but you? Zeus' grand-daughter?"
Tim enveloped Cassie in a big hug, which she returned. "No allowance in it."
"Wow. What a cheap ass," Tim joked. "You gotta tell me what brought you here?
Cassie broke the hug. "A lot of people say that living here, under Superman's watch, can be, I dunno, less stressful, more rela-"
*BOOM*
The police officer took a look at the back of Jinny's pick up truck, seeing something covered in a tarp.
Jinny lowered her hands and laughed. "See, where I come from, you don't got a shotgun in the-"
"What you got back there?" the officer asked.
Jinny shrugged. "Jus' ever'thing I own."
"Moving to the big city, huh?"
"Lookin' fer a change of scenery."
"Yeah, I'm gonna need to take a look at that," the flatfoot said, motioning toward the covered object.
Jinny quickly reacted and bolted over to the tarp. "Listen here, sugarcube. What if I told ya...I'm not exactly sure what I got under here? And I've come all the way here, home of Superman, God bless, to see if there's somebody here who can help me..."
The flatfoot slowly moved his hand over to his gun holster. "Help you with what?"
"Whoa, whoa! Hold on there, buddy!" Jinny said, seeing the officer pull out a Beretta.
"HANDS ON YOUR HEAD!"
Jinny complied. "Uh, m'guessin' this might be a good time for a lawyer?"
"LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!" A random citizen yelled. Jinny squinted her eyes to see some kind of purple vortex forming, pulsating with ener-
*BOOM*
"What the f-"
Jinny tackled the flatfoot out of the way of an incoming car.
Tim and Cassie witnessed alien-like beings emerging from a portal, the shockwave of which sent cars flying and the citizens of Metropolis in a panic.
"See? Not stressful at all," Cassie remarked, an awkward grin on her face.
Tim's eyes narrowed and he took off his motorcycle outfit, revealing his full Robin costume. He turned toward Cassie. "We can do a Brave and the Bold-"
"Uh, you go," Cassie said, pulling her jacket tighter around her.
"Cass-"
"Just go!" she repeated. "I-I can't do this right now, ok? I-I just can't!"
Tim's face looked shocked but quickly settled back into his game face. "Ok, then."
Jinny raced furiously toward her truck, hearing the yells and screams of innocents; right next to her, a police officer who was shooting was quickly encased in a red crystal-like substance.
The armored, alien-like beings all descended down from the air. "These Earthling peashooters," one of them derided. "You were correct about this place, Carnelian."
"I know," Carnelian confirmed. "The smell: you can only find it on Earth."
"Really?" one of his minions said.
Carnelian smirked and cleared his throat. "Hey! Up there! Bring me the one you call Super-"
"THE TWELVE KINGDOMS OF GEMWORLD WOULD HAVE WORD WITH YOUR CHAMPION!" one of the beings interrupted.
Carnelian turned toward him. "Stop stepping on my lines!"
"What? You were taking too long!"
"It's the principle of the whole thing!"
*CHIK-CHIK* *POW*
*CHIK-CHIK* *POW*
Jinny Hex, hiding behind her truck, shot two rounds at Carnelian, who was unaffected because of his armor.
"Are you kidding me?!" Carnelian complained. "I just had this buffed out last week!"
"C'mon. C'mon, ya sumbitch, show me yer face," Jinny whispered. She took careful aim, the grip on her shotgun tight, until she saw a foot crash into Carnelian's face; the bow staff Carnelian wielded let out a blue energy zap toward one of his other soldiers.
"M'havin' a weird day," Jinny commented. The Texan heard a crash and looked up to see Robin, bo staff in hand, standing tall.
"Everybody ok?" he asked.
Jinny stared at the young man. "Yer Robin."
Robin turned toward her, a sardonic smirk on his face. "One of them."
The Boy Wonder soon lifted himself up with his staff to dodge two extremely huge daggers coming from a purple Gemworld soldier; Robin then turned around to smack a female Emerald soldier away from him.
Jinny saw a young toddler in the path of the battle and ran to get her out of the way, dodging crystal blasts. She jumped in front of the child and took out her shotgun, shooting one of the Gemworld soldiers away from them both.
"You go on and find yer mama, ok?" Jinny told the young girl, who nodded and ran away.
Jinny approached Robin, who was currently defending himself from a blonde haired Gemworld soldier. "Hi," Robin greeted. "Any chance you know these idiots?"
"Honestly," Jinny said, shooting another round at one of the soldiers. "I just rolled up into town."
"So did I," Robin chirped.
"I thought you were one of them Gotham City types," Jinny said.
*WHOOSH*
*ZIP*
A red and white streak zoomed throughout the streets of Metropolis, leaving behind overturned cars and setting off those same car alarms. The blur was rapidly approaching the ensuing chaos.
"Quick! Call somebody!" the blur yelled, jumping over a park slide. "Superman! The Justice League! Call Harry Potter if you have to!"
"Who are you?" one of the citizens said.
"Impulse!" the blur replied.
"What?!"
"I'm Kid Flash!" he answered once more.
"Just go with that!"
"I like Impulse better! Don't judge me!" Impulse bit back.
The Hyperactive Speedster
Impulse quickly zipped over to an old lady in one of those mobile scooters; he grabbed her, saving her from a hail of crystals. "Hey! Hi! Any chance you got the 411 on this wack-a-doozy?!"
"What?!" the old woman said.
"Yeah, it's crazy even for me!" Impulse continued. "One day, I'm running to Canada to join alpha-" The speedster halted in mid-rant. "Oh man. Aw %$&*, aw $%^#, aw %$# !"
Impulse ran to save a 5 year old boy from an incoming energy blast. "Is it weird that I find it so pretty? I mean-"
Impulse saves a pack of puppies.
"-the senseless attacks, wanton destruction-"
Impulse saves a baby.
"-and where is Superman? I know he can't be here all the time, but he's missing out, you know?!"
Impulse saves a young girl from oncoming debris from buildings taking damage. "Who am I talking to again?" the speedster asked.
"Not me!" the little girl yelled.
"Oh, heh heh, can anyone hear me?" Impulse wondered. "Now I'm just talking to myself. Nice."
Numerous police helicopters came onto the scene, only to be met with blasts from Gemworld weaponry.
"You see?!" Carnelian said, blasting at the helicopters. "These Earthers have no idea who we are or what they've done to us!"
"Hubris, I must say," one of the Gemworld mooks said. "And where is Superman?!"
Meanwhile, Jinny Hex and Robin were back-to-back, defending each other.
"Ain't this the damndest thing?!" Jinny said, shooting away one of the soldiers.
"Which part?" Robin said.
"ALL OF IT!" Jinny yelled.
"Yo! Is that a real gun?!" Robin asked.
Jinny shot at Carnelian, who nimbly dodged away her attack. " #$%^&* right it is!" the cowgirl replied, her poncho flailing in the wind.
In an alleyway near all the chaos, Cassandra Sandsmark hid, nearly coming into contact with one of the emerald crystals fired.
"Should I do it? Come on, Cassie, do something," the blonde told herself.
She looked down at the silver bracelets adorning her wrists and shut her eyes. No. No, she couldn't. She swore she wouldn't. Never aga-
"BOY!" Cassie heard the voice of Carnelian. She peeked out the corner to see the Gemworld Opal general holding Robin by his neck, strangling him.
"Bring me your true champion," Carnelian questioned.
"I feel like that's a trick-Gaah," Robin's snark was interrupted by Carnelian squeezing his neck.
Cassie dipped back into the alley and looked back down at her bracelets. She gritted her teeth and made an 'X' formation with her wrists.
The Blonde Amazon
Robin was busy having the life choked out of him when he caught a sight for sore eyes. "Uh-oh," the Boy Wonder taunted.
"What?" Carnelian said.
"You wanted a champion? You got her. Wonder Girl is back," Robin said.
Wonder Girl was currently flying in the air when she suddenly charged downward onto Carnelian, fists out. She pummeled him into the ground and started punching him furiously. Robin jumped out of the way of the beatdown.
Carnelian grabbed his staff and blasted Wonder Girl away, focusing his attention back on Robin. The Boy Wonder took out his bo-staff and beckoned Carnelian with a 'bring it' gesture.
Wonder Girl tumbled uselessly through the air, flailing about and ready to fall into a pile of broken cars with crystal spikes sticking out of them. The blonde's fall was broken by a big, green catcher's mitt.
"Green Lantern?" she asked, being set down gently.
"Um," the deep voice began, with an obvious Hispanic accent. "Kinda. Sorta. I'm Teen Lantern. Kinda new at this. This is crazy, right? So...hi."
The Teen Lantern
Wonder Girl looked at the green energy construct before her, which resembled some kind of mecha machine on wheels and with a machine gun on its right side.
"Metal Gear, huh?" she commented.
"Yeah," the Teen Lantern said.
The blonde nodded. "Cool."
Robin was currently engaged in a stick fighting match with Carnelian, who managed to get a lucky shot on the side of Robin's head. The Boy Wonder jumped over a sweeping motion made by the Gemworld soldier and hit him in the jaw with his bo-staff.
Carnelian grunted and got ready to strike once again, only to be knocked away by Impulse, who was holding a bunch of puppies. "Robin! Dude! Oh my God, it's happening! It's happening!" the speedster said.
"Bart, what's happening?" Robin asked, dodging a crystal spike. Impulse set the puppies away and scooped up Robin bridal style; the pair zoomed past Wonder Girl, who was helping the newly dubbed Teen Lantern take on the Emerald lady.
"It's happening!" Impulse repeated once again.
"Bart, we talked about this!" Robin said.
"I know! I'm impulsive! It's in the italic description for me! Or was it hyperactive? I don't know! Same difference!" Impulse rambled.
"Just ignore him, Robin," Wonder Girl said, dodging the Emerald lady's side kick.
"I'm really new at this. What's he talking about, please?" Teen Lantern wondered.
"I'm with the 'clearly-making-her-voice-deeper' Green Lantern girl. What's happening?" Wonder Girl asked.
"We're bein' invaded!" Jinny Hex said, with a new pair of guns in her hands. Impulse zoomed by and stopped right where she was standing, putting Robin down.
"You got Rannian ray guns?" the speedster said to Jinny, surprised. "That's fire!"
"What the %$# is happening, Bart?!" Robin asked, annoyed.
"Dude? You don't know?!" Impulse began.
He, Jinny, Wonder Girl, Robin, and the Teen Lantern in her Metal Gear construct were now all together.
Robin's eyes widened in understanding. "Oh God, you don't mean-"
"YOUNG JUSTICE IS HERE!" Impulse screamed out in joy, pumping his fists up in the air.
The wounded, beaten Gemworld invaders gathered around each other, nursing their injuries.
"I see," Carnelian said. "Well, on behalf of the Court of Opal, we have made our statement."
"Oh goodness, are we really retreating from a bunch of kids?" one of the soldiers wondered.
"Tell your Superman that we accept his forfeit of this battle," Carnelian finished, his voice tinged with annoyance.
Another one of the soldiers looked on in bewilderment. "Oh, we are really retreating. Wow. This is embarrassing."
Carnelian opened up another vortex, ready to walk through.
"Young Justice assemble!" Impulse cheered. All five of the teens, including Jinny in her pickup truck, were rapidly approaching the vortex.
"What in the Sam hell is he goin' on 'bout?!" Jinny asked.
"Young Justice united!" Impulse once again screamed.
"Sorry, he gets kinda excited," Robin said.
"Yeah, I didn't agree to any of this," Wonder Girl said.
"Does this include me?" the Teen Lantern said. "I can get a better codename."
Impulse jumped right at the vortex, with Robin on his tail. "You're insane!" the Boy Wonder yelled.
"This is exactly how things like this happen. Young Justice really is here!" Impulse said.
"Not without-"
Robin was interrupted when a bright flash of light enveloped all five of them, making them scream out in surprise and horror.
"Holy mother of %$# !" Jinny screamed out into the void.
Wonder Girl also let out an ear splitting scream until-
There was darkness.
Robin was laid out on an unknown surface, spread eagle.
The Boy Wonder's eyes fluttered open and he groaned. He sat up and looked around himself, rubbing his head. The place he was presently in was dark and very dimly visible; the only thing that he could make out was that he was sitting on some kind of giant, purple tile.
He stood up and dusted himself off. "What the hell's going on?"
*SCHWING*
The Boy Wonder was greeted with the sight of a purple, energized scimitar pointed at him. "C-can I help you?" he said nervously.
"That's one question," the young woman holding the scimitar said. "I have quite a few more..."
Robin stepped back as the young woman, still holding him at sword-point, revealed herself; she had purple hair, purple eyes, a blinged out purple tiara, silver shoulder armor pads, a purple dress, and, you guessed it, a purple cape.
"...Like, what are you doing in the House of Amethyst?" the young woman growled.
Amethyst, the Princess of Gemworld
Robin raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Who?"
The young woman, Amethyst, blinked at him and her face held disbelief. "Come on. Y-you know? Amethyst? Princess of Gemworld? Had a crossover with Superman once? You don't know me?"
"Never heard of you in my life," Robin admitted. "Cute get up, though."
"Ugh, seriously?" Amethyst said, lowering her sword.
Bart Allen, better known as Impulse (or Kid Flash) fell onto the hard dirt below.
"Owwwww," the speedster groaned. "Never doing that again. If I can help it. Or if I'm feeling adventurous."
"Bart?" a voice called to him.
The speedster, startled, quickly got up and began doing a bunch of super speed karate-esque moves, complete with Bruce Lee 'wa-ta' noises. When he finished, he looked ahead and his eyes widened.
"You," Bart said.
The person before him had black hair tapered on the sides, a Superman emblazoned shirt, blue pants, and a studded belt with said blue pants.
Bart ran and quickly hugged the man. "Oh, Conner! It is you!"
Superboy
Conner chuckled as he hugged Bart back. "Ha ha ha! Bart, what're you doing here?"
"That's...a very good question, and I promise I will answer that after I find out one thing," Bart said.
"Lemme guess: where are you?" Conner said, smirking.
"Are you psychic now, Conner?" Bart said.
"I know you, Bart," the half-Kryptonian said. "Anyways, we're on Gemworld."
Bart gasped overdramatically. "Wait a second. The Gemworld? Like, the Gemworld?"
"Is there another one you know of?" Conner snarked.
"This is crazy..." Bart whispered. "I came to Metropolis to find you and you've been here."
"Dude, you have no idea how happy I am to see you," Conner said. "It's like I've been here for an eternity."
"I have one other good question, Con."
"Shoot."
"How'd you grow a beard?"
[DC PRESENTS - YOUNG JUSTICE: REBIRTH]
Phew.
I posted a YJ fanfic a while back called Epinephrine. I tried to do a sequel to it. I didn't like it so I deleted it. This right here is technically my second foray into the YJ fandom. This is an adaptation of the recent Wonder Comics run of Young Justice. I don't know if I should put it here or in the comics section, but here ya go. Do you think I should keep going with this?
BTW, all the characters involved are real, canon characters. I am not making them up by any means. Just read the comic or go on the DC wiki, I kid you not.
The bit with the WB logo at the beginning? I wanted to give this a nostalgia-tinged feel. Probably didn't work, but whatever. Anyways, author's nose over, read this and review it. I could use those.