Previously on Young Justice: Rebirth
"...Like, what are you doing in the House of Amethyst?" the young woman growled.
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.
Tim Drake had met a lot of different superheroes and supervillains in his short lifetime; to say that he's never seen a sword wielding princess besides Wonder Woman and Donna Troy would be a slight understatement.
He examined how the purple clad girl before him stood; her pose screamed annoyance, but there was also a guarded-ness that can only be seen in the heat of battle. She blew a strand of purple hair out of her eyes .
"Anyways, what exactly are you doing here? There's not too many people who know how to get to Gemworld," Amethyst interrogated, still gripping her scimitar.
"This is Gemworld?" the Boy Wonder asked, looking around himself. "Huh. Always pictured it a bit more...kiddy looking. Like something you'd see out of a Disney movie."
"My kingdom has seen better days," Amethyst said. "In fact, a lot of kingdoms here have. You see, there's been a civil war here that's been going on for a little bit an-"
"Yeah, that's nice," Tim interrupted, holding a hand up to silence her, making Amethyst pout. "Look, I just want to find my friends and get the hell out of here."
Amethyst set her scimitar down and crossed her arms. "Start from the beginning. How did you get here?" Amethyst said.
Tim rubbed the back of his head. "Ok, I'm gonna keep it short. I was in Metropolis, I met up with some friends I haven't seen in a little while, some $#&*head with a douchey goatee and his friends showed up and were asking for Superman, me and my friends and a couple others fought them, and now here we-or I, at least-are."
Amethyst narrowed her eyes at the description of the Gemworld soldiers. "Carnelian and Dark Opal," she growled.
Tim bit the inside of his cheek at the names. 'Stay strong, Tim. For the love of God, don't make a Steven Universe joke,' he internalized. "Oh, you know them? Good."
"Carnelian's a total jackass. Dark Opal? A hundred percent total dick," Amethyst said.
"Maybe you can point me to where they are so I can kick their asses," Tim replied.
The purple haired princess of Gemworld paced around a few feet. "My entire house. Gone because of him," she whispered. "All this, and the Gem Council..."
"I don't what the Gem Council is," Tim began, "but look at it this way: we have someone in common we hate. Now we can find them, kick their asses, and find my friends. What do you say, Your Highness?"
"I don't know if that was sarcastic or genuine," Amethyst replied. "Whatever. And anyways, none of this 'Your Highness' biz, ok? Just call me Amethyst. Or Amy."
"I'm sticking with the second one." Tim looked up at the night sky, which was littered with stars all across. "Now, let's go," the Boy Wonder declared, beginning to walk in the opposite direction.
"Wait!" Amethyst, or Amy, cried. "You don't know Gemworld at all. It's incredibly dangerous here and you'd get lost in a second."
Tim scoffed at the assumption. "Please, Princess. I'm a Robin. As part of the Bat-Clan, we have an innate sense of direction."
A few moments passed and neither Tim nor Amy moved a muscle; Tim was still surveying the environment around him while Amy was tapping her foot in impatience.
"So..." Amy trailed off.
"Hehe," Tim chuckled nervously. "Ok, I might need some help."
Amy rolled her eyes and put her fingers up between her lips, whistling loudly. After a few seconds, a unicorn decked out in purple studded battle armor swooped down in front of the two, neighing loudly. The gust of wind from its arrival nearly made Tim fly back in shock.
"Whoa whoa there, Ypislos!" Amy cried, moving toward the unicorn. She petted his face and gave him a kiss on the snout. "Who's a good boy? You are. You're a good boy. Lookit you, lookit you, lookit you." The unicorn settled down and nuzzled his face into Amy.
Tim coughed to signal his impatience. Amy turned toward the Boy Wonder and beckoned him to come over.
"This here's Ypsilos," Amy introduced, saddling up on the unicorn.
"Um, hi there, boy," Tim awkwardly greeted, sitting behind Amy.
Amy smirked up at the night sky. "You better hold onto your ass there. Ypsilos has no speed limit."
In a sudden burst of energy, Ypsilos took off with a high jump and began soaring across the sky; Amy laughed with excitement while Tim screamed in surprise and a hint of fear.
Only a hint. He wasn't a scaredy cat. Totally not.
The Forest of Topaz
The forest itself resembled any other forest found on Earth with only one exception: a great number of the trees were studded or littered with topaz gemstones, which looked like leaves if one were to use their imagination. The rivers itself were bronze which may be a dead giveaway of a pollution problem on Earth, but for here, it was normal and drinkable.
Jinny Hex stood in front of her pickup truck, her eyes squinting at the bright Green Lantern mech construct that currently situated itself on top. Jinny moved closer to her truck and stared the construct directly in its...we'll call it an eye.
"Hey!" the redheaded southerner said. "Uh, somebody in this thing? Hello?"
The Lantern construct did not respond, which miffed Jinny. The cowgirl threw the front part of her poncho over her shoulder and walked to get her shotgun out of the driver's seat. She returned to the front of her truck with a new fire.
"Let's try this again," Jinny started.
*CHIK-CHIK*
"Get the &^%$ off my ride and show yerself 'fore I blast a hole in that thing and steal a peek at ya!" she yelled, pointing her weapon at the construct.
"I wouldn't do that," a voice said near Jinny. She turned around and pointed her gun at a blonde girl in a Wonder Woman tank top.
Cassie slightly rose her hands and looked Jinny in her eyes. "You certainly don't wanna do that either," Cassie continued.
"Who in the &^%$ are you?" Jinny questioned.
'Boy, this chick has quite the potty mouth,' Cassie thought. "We were in Metropolis a few seconds ago. I saw you, but-hi, I'm Wonder Girl," Cassie said, her voice now cheerful.
"What's. Your. Name?!" Jinny said through gritted teeth.
"Huh. You look kind of familiar," Cassie began. "Are you one of the new Outsiders?"
"The %$# is that?" Jinny replied, pressing her shotgun against Cassie's neck.
"Ok, you're not one of the Teen Titans-"
"No. I'm Beast Boy," Jinny snarked, prompting Cassie to roll her eyes.
"Ooh, sarcasm. That's original," the blonde Amazon taunted without a hint of irony. "Wait a minute! You know who Beast Boy is but not me?!"
"He is one of them Teen Titans," Jinny replied.
"But-I-oh, screw it," Cassie mumbled.
The Green Lantern construct stood up. "Whoa!" the Texan girl cried out, now aiming her shotgun at it.
"This isn't your Green Lantern," Cassie questioned.
"Teen Lantern," the voice within the mecha construct said. "Oh, hey look! Wonder Girl! You said I was cool!"
"Ha! See?!" Cassie bragged. "Thank you! Someone who knows how great I am!"
"Hey!" Jinny called out, bringing everyone's attention back to her. "Can y'all please tell me where I am, what's goin' on, and what is this, and where am I, and what the %$# IS GOIN' ON?!"
Cassie could only blink at the cowgirl's sudden mental breakdown.
"You got issues lady," Teen Lantern commented.
"Yer %$#^in' face has issues!" Jinny shouted back.
Cassie moved over to Jinny's pickup truck and beckoned the southerner to her. "Hop in," the Wonder Girl said. "Let's take a look together."
Jinny's pickup truck (helped by Cassie carrying it) along with the Teen Lantern soared through the night sky. The southern girl stuck her head out of the window and marveled at the sights before her; she could see almost the entirety of the forest below her and the night sky: just like Texas.
"How 'bout this, huh?" Jinny cried. "WHOO!"
"Get in the passenger seat, Lantern," Cassie said, looking over at Teen Lantern. "Save your energy."
"Nah, I'm good," the Lantern said. "Seriously, where are we?"
"That's why I wanted to take to the air," Cassie explained. "From here, this should be a good vantage point to see where are and what we need to-"
"Oh #$%^, look out!" Jinny yelled. Cassie turned to see a horse-like figure approaching, but it was too late; the horse crashed into Jinny's truck, sending Cassie flying back a few feet and Jinny's truck falling down. With said cowgirl in it, mind you.
The group all travelled back to the ground, where the Teen Lantern caught Jinny and her truck with a construct of rocks to cushion the fall.
Cassie rubbed her head and saw Tim Drake, a.k.a. Robin, and some purple wearing girl next to him. "Robin?!" the purple girl called out.
The Boy Wonder looked at the scene around him. "Is everybody ok?!" he asked.
"Hey man!" Teen Lantern called out. "This wasn't my fault!"
Cassie walked over to the mysterious Lantern. "No one's saying it's your fault."
"Are you ok, Robin?" the purple girl asked, walking over to him.
Tim smiled and flashed a thumbs-up at her. "Don't worry, Amy. I'm good." The Robin smiled at her. "Your horse has a hell of a kick, though."
"Told you," the girl, Amy, stated.
Cassie walked back over to the group, with Teen Lantern following suit. "Robin! Looks like you found a new best friend in this weird place."
"Gemworld," Tim explained. He then pointed to the purple girl. "This is Amethyst, the Princess of Gemworld. Just call her Amy."
"Who?" Cassie asked.
"Amy, this is my best friend, Wonder Girl," Tim introduced. "Not so sure who the rest are, though."
The Green Lantern mech construct dissipated and revealed a small, dark-skinned, wavy haired young girl clad in green and black; she also had on some kind of silver backpack and a gauntlet on her right hand. She waved awkwardly at the others.
"Hi. I'm Keli Quintela. Teen Lantern at your service," she stated. Without the distortion of a Lantern construct, her voice was high-pitched and her accent was more than noticeable.
Jinny could only look on in utter disbelief at the very young girl. "Yer nine," she commented.
Keli groaned at that. "I'm eleven, vaquera.*" Keli turned toward Tim. "I just saved your life. Your welcome, by the way."
"Hold on a minute, let's get back on track," Cassie reasoned, looking over at Tim and Amy. "You two know each other?"
"Not really. This is my kingdom-"
"We literally just-"
"Your kingdom?" A deep booming voice interrupted both of their attempted explanations. The group turned around to see a very tall, muscular, shirtless, blue-skinned man with long black hair, a beard, and a cape descend from the sky before them. His piercing red eyes settled on Amy.
"Unbelievable," the man said, shaking his head. "You see? This is why everyone I know wants to kill you as much as I do, Amethyst." His hands began glowing with a blue energy.
Amy unleashed her crystal, energized scimitar and pointed it at the man. Everyone else followed suit, now on the defensive.
"Mr. Bad Guy, can't this wait until later?" Teen Lantern whined.
"Silence!" the man boomed. "I am the Lord Opal of Gemworld! Which means, you now all belong to me!"
The tension between the group and Lord Opal was so thick that it could be cut with a knife. Everyone was on guard, ready to strike at the first sign of provocation. The atmosphere was heated and it was evident that an all out war was about to occur...
…..That is, until laughter erupted into the ether. Robin looked to the right and saw Jinny Hex nearly dying from laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" the gunslinger laughed. She looked at Lord Opal, whose face was still stone cold. "Oh-oh, my-oh wait, yer serious, ain't ya? Lemme laugh even harder. HAHAHHAHAHAHA! I-oh, it hurts! Wh-wh-what kinda #$' stupid ass name is that? 'Tremble before the Dark Lord Opal!'"
Jinny calmed her all out laughter into snickers as she pointed her shotgun at Opal. "Ok, I'm done. %$# , man. I needed that."
Amy narrowed her eyes at the Dark Lord. "You wanna kill me, Opal? Come get some!"
"With pleasure!"
The group of teens and Opal charged at each other, no longer lollygagging around; soon, an all out brawl emerged.
Next chapter, we catch up with Impulse and Superboy.
*: Vaquera - cowgirl
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