Chapter 1:

The Rose that grew through concrete

I was used to the darkness that surrounded me. I found comfort in it, an escape of the constant hateful voices that had previously filled my ears. Though, I don't remember my life before being stuck in this constant darkness, I know I am someone. Not just an experiment as the voices keep telling me. I am a person. All people have names right? I don't remember mine, so I gave myself one. The voice don't believe I need one so they keep calling me experiment 725: Project Apocolypse, Codename: Archangel. They tell me I am a tool that will be used to bring this world to an end and begin a new one. They teach me of things of the place I reside, Earth. Tell me of the enemies that I will encounter on my mission. They tell me I must eliminate them. In truth, I do not wish to. I felt a slave to my own mind and wanted to be free, but I know that they created me, made me. So I simply had to accept their words as facts and take on the mission they gave me as compensation for the life I was given, but when the voices leave me be, I cling to the darkness and dream of the person I want to be, rather than the thing they want me to be.

Today, instead of being left to my own devices, my thoughts were interrupted by a light that illuminated through my darkness. It was so warm, so much more comforting than the darkness I had always known. I reached out for it, hoping to touch it. Hoping to hold on to it and keep it for my own, forgetting the darkness that once developed me. I know the voices didn't show me this light, they were much too hateful to do such a thing, so who did. My eyes then opened for the first time to see the world I had been taught so much about. Much to my disappointment, there were nothing but plain gray walls around me. Humans surrounded me and, to my slight surprise, I recognized them as my enemies.

Two of them were human looking males. They both had black hair but one had blue eyes while the other had black. One of the males had on a blue, red, and yellow costume, with an S on his chest and a red cape. The other had a black facial mask on, with a black and grey costume as a bat symbol on his chest. I immediately recognize them as Batman and Superman, both of which I must eliminate. Two females stood as well, one Amazonian and the other with wings. The first female had black hair and blue eyes, she wore a strange red and blue costume that left her arms and legs bare. Stars covered her bottom, silver bracelets held on her wrist, red boots ran up to her knees, and a gold tiara held her long hair back. The other had long red hair and a mask that covered the upper half of her face. She had on golden breastplate, leaving the top of her torso bare, and a black skirt with dark red plating. Dark red and black clothing wrapped around her arms and a mace was in her hands ready to attack. Hawkgirl and Wonderwoman both looked even more beautiful than I ever thought. The last man was a Martian who had red eyes and a blue cape. He wore a black costume with a red x across his chest. Martian Manhunter.

They all stared at me with slight shock, and suspicion. Unlike them, I had fear in my eyes. At this point, I was not prepared to fight against the enemies who had years of experience on me, fighting them now would only mean my defeat. They would destroy me, making me unable to complete my mission. Superman reached out to me, making panic flow through me. I screamed and let out a powerful electric shock making him fly back through the wall. I took their moment of confusion to leap out of the pod I had been in and escape. I went over to the a wall and took notice that I was missing something. Adrenaline ran through my veins, as I punched a hole through the wall. A red blur past by me then, a man stood in front of me knocking me back onto my butt. A lightning bolt symbol was held on his chest and I recognize him as The Flash. Fear found its way onto my face as I started crawling back away from him. I did not want to fight. At the same time I did not want to die, or ignore the orders given to me by my creators. I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around me as I began to float up from the ground.

"Calm down, we do not want to harm you." The Martian said forcefully They are lying, they must know my mission and want to dispose of me first. Anxiety caused me to hyperventilate and I panicked. Without warning I felt a surge of power spill out of me.

"Leave me alone!" I yelled loudly as a lightning bolt crashed down onto us. Both the Flash and Martian Manhunter fell to the ground. I scrambled up and began to panicky even worse. They would now think I wanted a fight because I attacked. I do not wish to fight. The other ones came in and noticed the destruction around them. I looked for a way to escape but realized escaping was futile. The place was empty, deserted, if someone was here, surely by now they would have come. No one was here to help me. And with their combined efforts I would either be forced into a fight I could not win or captured eventually. I scrambled until my back was against the wall. Trying to think of some way to escape. Hawkgirl began to come at me, but I began to whimper, not from fear but from anxiety.

"Please, just stay away from me." I said quietly. I placed my head in my knees terrified of the sight of so many amazing people around me. I do not want to hurt them. I admire them. They are spectacular people, even if I am supposed to dispose of them, I still can not help but look up to them. Silence filled the room as I shook quietly in the corner. I heard someone kneel down in front of me. I hand was placed on my shoulder, causing me to tense up and shake even more.

"Relax, we aren't going to hurt you. We want to help you." A soft feminine voice said to me I looked up from lap to see Hawkgirl looking at me with sincerity in her calm green eyes. My shaking began to die down, she smiled at me. The others stood around her and began to talk about me. I just watched as they spoke, and I watched silently as they discussed me. Then a clap sounded off in the back causing them all to turn around at the new person.

"Well down Experiment:725, you at least brought them all together." I tensed slightly upon hearing the deep male voice. It was the voice I had heard all my life. My creator.

"Now do what you were made to do. Destroy them." My eyes widened as he spoke. The man had long blonde hair that was pulled into a low ponytail and wore a long white lab coat. He brown eyes and a strong jaw. His hands were cockily placed in his pocket as he glared down at me. Fear filled my core as I stared at the group in front of me.

"How could you do something like this to a kid?! That's sick. She doesn't even seem to want to fight!" The Flash yelled out to the man. I lifted my hands and felt the lightning fly out. I had my mission to do. They created me I had to do it. All of them flew forward and hit the wall. My electricity made them stay on it as I looked up to them. I stood and walked forward a little. The man laughed as he stared down at me.

"That's ridiculous. It is a weapon here only to make the new world. That's it's sole purpose on this earth. It probably doesn't even have the ability to do exactly what we tell it!" I felt a force push me to the side, but I still kept the people on the wall. I did not want to but I had to. I had no choice.

"See it's just a weapon." He said. Batman looked at me and I stared down not wanting to make eye contact with the world's greatest detective.

"You have your own mind, your own life. You can make your own decisions. Is this what you really want?" My eyes widened as he asked me that. No one has ever really asked me what I wanted before. Before today, I always thought it was irrelevant. could it be possible for me to do what I want, even if it means crossing those who have made me. All people do what they're told don't they? The man in the lab coat laughed.

"Preposterous it is an experiment. It isn't a person. 725, dispose of the heroes, then return to your pod immediately for reconfiguration. It seems we must re-establish your emotional mind capabilities." He said as he turned around to leave. As he spoke, my fear was replaced with I thought about it for a moment, Superman probably could have escaped anytime he wanted to. Did they trust my greater judgement, or were they testing me to see where I stood? Batman said I have my own mind. I almost forgot, I am my own person. I am my own person. I released the heroes from my powers, and glared at the man with blonde hair.

"No. My name is Rose and She will not! Do it yourself. I am no longer under your control." I stated firmly and angrily. The man turned around and glared at me, to which I returned.

"Experiment 725, dispose of them and return to your pod." Electricity began to spark around me as I grew more angry. I raised my hand at him before growling.

"I. Said. No." I sent an electric shock at him knocking him back onto the wall. More and more electricity filled the air as my anger grew. The man stared at me with a smirk, while he held up a strange box.

"Well then 725 you turned out just as powerful and efficient as we'd hope! I simply can't wait until we meet again." He pressed a button causing an explosion and me to have an intense pain in my head. The world around me began to fade and spin, as I fell to the ground.

That was over a week ago and since then I have been held in a room that was to hold me in case I was a threat. It never bothered me though, I enjoyed all the things I was able to see. The world was new to me, and I was happy to be with the heroes I now look up to, even if I did not have their trust. Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter often came to see me. Hawkwoman just came to talk to me, I think she enjoyed talking to me and found it amusing how little I actually knew about the world but could recite the definitions of the things she asked me about perfectly. She described me as ignorant yet intelligent. Martian Manhunter came to search my mind for anything suspicious, he never asked me anything. Just came in did his brain search thing, and left. He has brought me books from time to time, which was a nice gesture. Today was different though. Today a man with black hair and a similar complexion to my own walked into my room while I was reading Treasure Island. He wore a green and black costume, with a lantern symbol on his chest. He was the Green Lantern, or at least one of them.

"Come on, the team would like to talk to you." His deep voice sounded quite calm though I could tell he was cautious around me. He undoubtedly heard of my abilities, and was told to be careful around me. I still did not mind. I looked up to these people, and did not want to hurt them, even if I was wearing handcuffs.

As we walked I thought it was quite natural that everyone would be staring at me. If not for the fact that I was an adolescent girl in their watchtower, wearing handcuffs, then it was because of my appearance. I had long white hair that fell to the middle of my back, with white eyes to match. I had milk chocolate brown skin, and stood at around 5'7". Not only that, but I have a pair of large white wings, like that of an angel, which makes sense considering I was called project Archangel. Regardless this was not common on earth, if not the first, it was extremely rare. Naturally people were going to stare, but that was not what made me nervous. I wanted to be liked by the people I admired. The founding members of the Justice league.

Green Lantern lead me to a room filled with the people I so respected. He unlocked my handcuffs and sat at a metal table with the rest of the Teams founders. Superman and Batman looked stern, which I had expected. Wonderwoman and Green Lantern looked indifferent neither seeing me as a threat or an ally. Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter and The Flash all looked at me with a kind smile on their faces. I returned it and looked to Batman, Wonderwoman and Superman. Over the past few days I had a few questions about. Though I have gone through a number of possibilities in my head, but I could not find one that seemed to be the reasons. I wanted to know, but no one could tell me but them.

"You can sit down if you want Rose." Wonderwoman said I swallowed hard before nodding.

"Yes ma'am." I sat down nervously, looking down. There was a slight silence in the room until I finally decided to look up.

" M-may I ask a question?" Superman, who looked a little surprised gave me a small smile.

"Yes go ahead."

"Why did you all not escape when I put you all on the wall? Better yet, why did you all not attack, even once? I could not deduced a settling reason as to why. You are all strong enough to have released yourselves from my power. You were also strong enough to have captured me at anytime through means of force. I do not understand why you all did not attack me." I stated calmly looking down. The room had an awkward silence as the team looked at each other. No one spoke until Batman cleared his throat.

"Rose, do you know how old you are?"

"No, sir."

"You're 15. When we found your files, we discovered you were made to destroy the world, but you had never interacted with the world itself. You were made to destroy us, but when you woke up, you looked scared. You ran. Anybody could tell that you didn't want to do anything to us. But what we want to know is why?" I looked down to the ground sadly.

"All I remember is being told by that voice, that man in the lab coat, that I was to bring a new world and destroy this one, to destroy you all. I never questioned it while he was around, but when I felt he was not I always thought for myself. I have always wanted to see a Rose, which is why I named myself Rose. And I always wanted to meet you all, which is why I did not want to hurt you. I admire all of you, respect you greatly and want to be like you all. But when that man came in, I felt as if I owned him something for creating me. It did not take long for me to realize I should not owe anything to someone who does not treat me like a person." I said with a slight growl at the end. I felt the tense atmosphere leave the room. Everyone but Batman gave me a polite and welcoming smile. Hawkgirl smiled a little brighter than any of them. I don't know what it is but I like her a little more than the others. I respected them all equally, but I suppose she was like my idol.

"Do you remember anything else about the place you were held? What was the name of it? You're life before it?" Batman asked shook my head sadly.

"No, sir. I have only known what I have told you, and i assumed that I can not remember my life before, because I was only made there. I had no life before that, I suppose." The group started to talk and discuss everything mentally after that, I know because they kept making small facial expressions, but I assume they knew that. As they discussed me, again, I looked down at my lap and began to mess with my clothes. Hawkgirl gave me a few clothes for the week, so I could change out of the lab clothes I was found in. Now I wore a nice pair of Jean pants, with a white short sleeves v-neck, a pair of sneakers, and a hoodie. As I played with my zipper nervously, Superman cleared his throat, catching my attention. I looked up nervously to find out my verdict.

"Rose, we have decided to let you live with Hawkgirl, and train with the Justice League for supervision." My eyes widened as I heard this.

"D-does this mean you all approve of me?" I inquired nervously. Some chuckled while others gave a small smile.

"Though I think keeping you under surveillance for the time being is in our best interest, I do approve of you, and believe you'll do great things."

"I don't know about everyone else, but I adore you." Hawkgirl said

"You seem like an extremely sweet girl, regardless of what you were made to be." Wonderwoman stated with a smile.

"You seem to have a lot of potential. I approve."Batman stated

"I searched through your mind many times and have not discovered anything other than what you told us today, so I approve." Martian Manhunter said

"Any fan of us, is a friend in my book." The Flash stated.

"Judging by what you all told me, you probably could have escaped anytime. You seem just fine with me." The Green Lantern said A wide genuine smile spread across my face as I looked at all of them.

Later that day I moved in with Hawkgirl, who insisted on me calling her Shayera. Ever since then, she had been a motherly figure to me. She constantly taught me new things about Earth, and unlike the man in the lab coat, she taught me right and wrong. She taught me the value of being a hero, and how to fly and fight. She meant more to me than anyone, but she was not the only one. Wonderwoman was like my aunt, MM, Flash, Batman, and Supermam were like my uncles, and surprisingly GL was like my father. The day they decided on me was the first day I had ever felt a two emotions. Happiness, and love. And I never intend on losing those feelings.

So this is my first story on Fanfiction.

Let me know if it sucked, should continue everything like that.

I know the first chapter was kind of crappy, and I promise this is going somewhere! I just thought I should start with her origins, so no one would be confused

ATTENTION: I will be re-editing the next couple of chapters! For the most part many parts will be the same but some will just be completely different the last chapter I uploaded will be deleted and remade. I'm sorry it took so long for me to update this story but this last year has been completely out of whack for me, but it's no excuse. Thank you for your support!