A/N: Hello guys, er, how's it going? *nervously scratches head* Sorry about not updating my Ben 10 thing…. I'll get back to that in a bit, I was just hit by inspiration for this horrible little thing you are about to read. Well…. I know that some people are going to know about the white and black rings and yell at me…. just give it a chance, will ya?
12/12/18:Edit Well, hi again. Here's a tip on her powers for you all, in case there's some of you that have no idea. Look up the white lanterns and the black lanterns, I've taken some creative liberties on how they are in this story, but their powers are still the same...ish? I think I tweaked the black lantern power a bit. *shrugs* Well, just take a peek and don't take the backstory on them too seriously if you do look.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything I'll reference in this story, just my character and his/her ridiculous power combo.
Grey….. Grey was all I could see for what seemed to be an eternity as I aimlessly wandered about the featureless landscape. I couldn't recall how I came to be here, a vague blur greeting me whenever I tried to remember. All I could do was just calmly wander about, just trying to see if there was any sort of exit.
After another eternity, I saw two lights…. well, not really, one bright white light and one extremely dark void from which no light could escape. A sense of curiosity overcame me, leading me towards the two objects. It took a shorter time than expected, but I finally did manage to get in between the strange things.
I stood in awe once their full forms were visible. The light held an impossibly bright creature, its eyes closed as it stayed curled up in the equally bright cocoon-like thing it was wrapped up in. The other creature in the darkness, barely illuminated by the sun-like entity across from it, looked more like a massive grim reaper, bones visible and solid darkness wrapping around it like a cloak.
It took a minute to gather the courage to speak, my voice oddly loud in the soundless monochromatic void. "Uh…. hello?"
In an instant both entities awoke, an eye opening on the bright one and the skeleton materializing a solid black scythe. I stood frozen in fear as they both stared down at me, seeming to be both confused and intrigued that I interrupted their sleep.
"HMMMMM….." The reaper entity grumbled, leaning over slightly to gain a better look at me.
"WHAT'S THIS? HOW DID YOU GET HERE?" The bright entity questioned, his voice sounding like many different voices speaking at once.
"I-I dunno…. can't remember…." I helplessly shrugged, shivering beneath the gazes of them both. "Maybe I died?" I suggested, knowing that nothing like this place existed on earth.
The reaper's head tilted. "YOU DID." His deep monotone voice echoing throughout the grey void. "NORMALLY, SOULS OF THE DEAD DON'T ENTER HERE."
I blinked. "Oh…."
The bright one blinked at my lack of reaction. "YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE AFFECTED BY THE NEWS OF YOUR PASSING."
I just shrugged. "Everything dies eventually, just hope I had a good run. Circle of life and all that jazz."
The reaper's head tilted again. "WHAT IS YOUR NAME, STRANGE ONE?"
"Cody…. I think? Can't really remember."
They both shared a look with each other, then turned back to me. "YOU HAVE GAINED OUR INTEREST, CODY." The reaper began.
"ONE OF US WILL BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE, ALBEIT NOT IN THE WORLD YOU HAVE COME FROM." The bright one informed. "IT WOULD BE…. UNWISE TO DO SO AND CAUSE UNINTENTIONAL PROBLEMS FOR YOU."
I nodded. "I get it. Men in black coming to dissect me and stuff."
"YOU ONLY HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE…." The reaper waved a hand, a black ring coming into existence and floating within reach of my left hand. "BLACK…."The bright one blinked and a white ring blinked into existence within reach of my right hand. "OR WHITE." It finished, leaving me to examine both of them.
The white ring looked like it was made of silver had a strange glowing triangle and heavenly looking arch on its face. The black ring looked like it was made of black bone, the triangle and rectangles on its face glowing a sickly green.
"Hmm….." I hummed and slowly reached for the white one, stopped, then reached for the black one. I shook my head, then looked up at the both of them. "What happens… if I…." I grabbed the both of them, my left holding the black one and my right holding the other. "Do this!"
There was a moment of silence as time seemed to stop for me, a bright light and deep void bursting into existence in both of my hands, my left suddenly freezing and my right burning as the rings did something. "I immediately regret my decision!" I yelled in pain.
"OH, I LIKE THIS ONE! QUITE AMUSING, DON'T YOU AGREE?" The reaper chuckled, turning to the bright one.
"INDEED. NO BEING HAS EVER TRIED TO CHOOSE BOTH." The bright one noted, looking down at me. "THOUGH… SINCE YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO TRY TO TRICK US, I SUPPOSE WE'LL BE LENIENT IN YOUR PUNISHMENT, AFTER ALL WE SAID PICK ONE."
My body started to burn even worse than before, making me collapse as the cold from my left met up with the burning to make an unholy combination of pain. An eternity seemed to pass as the pain went on, a few wet cracks greeting my ears as the bones in my body shifted. Once the pain passed, I slowly got up from the grey floor, immediately noticing my now long grey hair.
"What the-!" I immediately stopped at the sound of a posh british sounding girl speaking, only to realize that said voice came from me. "Okay… this is weird." I blinked and looked down at my budding chest, grumbling a little at the tight grey bodysuit on my body, a white triangle with both the arch-thing above it and the rectangles below.
My hands seemed to have changed the most, my left forearm and hand turned in bulky obsidian-like skin and the sickly glowing triangle and rectangles on the back of it, the fingers pointed at the tips like claws. My right hand and forearm transformed into a heavenly looking crystalline appendage, the markings from the white ring glowing gently on the back of the hand.
I flexed the both of them experimentally, the both of them feeling slightly bulky, yet natural. With a sigh, I looked up at the both of them. "Alright… just two questions. What is up with my hands? and why am I a girl?"
The bright one looked down at me. "A MORTAL NORMALLY CAN'T HAVE BOTH RINGS AS LIFE DESTROYS DEATH. THEY ARE PURE LIFE ENERGY AND PURE DEATH ENERGY RESPECTIVELY." It explained. "IT WOULDN'T DO FOR YOU TO PICK AN OPTION THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED FOR YOUR CHOICE TO BE USELESS."
"WE BOTH HAD TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT SO YOUR BODY CAN BALANCE BOTH ENERGIES, MERGING THE RINGS TO BOTH OF YOUR ARMS WAS THE ONLY WAY." The reaper nodded. "WE'LL CALL IT THE BALANCE OPTION."
"I JUST TURNED YOU INTO A GIRL BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO TRICK US." The bright one informed. "YOU NOW HAVE THE BODY OF A 14 YEAR OLD HUMAN FEMALE."
"Alright…. fine. I can deal with this, at least it comes with powers." I sighed, accepting of my unbelievable situation. "So… where am I going?"
A portal opened up, revealing what appeared to be a strange library, with a few guys in even strange costumes. "Looks fun…. maybe…" I muttered, then turned to questioningly look back up at the duo. "Any details I should know before I go? Like, what can I do, or who are they?"
"YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN AS YOU GO ALONG." The bright one helpfully informed, its eye showing its amusement. "JUST BE CAREFUL WITH THE BLACK ARM, SAVE IT FOR WHEN YOU GET….. UPSET AT AN OBSTACLE."
The reaper gave the bright one a look, then turned back to look at me. "KEEP IN MIND, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. YOU ARE THE FIRST BEING TO HAVE BOTH THE WHITE RING AND THE BLACK RING AND BE ABLE TO USE THEM BOTH, WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE WHAT WILL HAPPEN." It spoke, stroking its skeletal chin. "WE'LL BE WATCHING YOUR PROGRESS WITH GREAT INTEREST."
"Oh….Alright… Not creepy at all." I sighed and strode over to the portal, giving the other side a look. The strange costumed men weren't moving at all, it seemed that time was stopped on the other side. "Well, here goes nothing. Thanks for the second chance at life!" I yelled before taking a step through the portal, finding myself in the odd library a few feet away from the now conversing men.
The guy in the red costume with a quiver full of red arrows seemed to be very pissed. "Oh, really?" He growled at the group of men, waving an arm at the window to his upper right, people with cameras taking pictures. "Who cares which side of the glass we're on?"
"Man, why didn't I notice that 'till now?" I mumbled to myself, wondering how they didn't notice me in back, hardly trying to hide.
The man that looks like a gruff robin hood came closer to the angry guy. "Roy, you just need to be patient."
"I just need respect." Roy growled, turning around to look at the other guys in the chairs. "They're treating us like kids. Worse, like sidekicks, we deserve better than this." He told his friends angrily, causing them to look at eachother and back to him.
He seemed to just get angrier. "Really? You're playing their game? Why?!" His face scrunched up into a scowl. "Today was supposed to be the day. Step one to becoming full fledged members of the league!"
The guy in the yellow lightning bolt costume shrugged. "But…. I thought step one was a tour of the HQ?"
Roy seemed to be having none of it. "Except the Hall isn't the real HQ." He revealed, making his friends blink in shock. "It's just a trap for tourists and a pit stop to catching zeta beam teleporters to the real thing; An orbiting satellite called the Watchtower."
It was at this point the odd guy in the bat themed suit gave Robin Hood a glare that seemed like it would kill just about anyone. "I know, I know, but I thought we could give an exception?" Robin Hood tried to explain, making the bat guy to glare even harder… hell, he was even making me shake from the intensity of it from where I am standing. "Or not…"
The guy in the orange and green suit came up, giving Roy a stern glance. "You are not helping your cause here, son. Stand down."
Roy glared even harder at him. "Or what? You'll send me to my room? I'm not your son!" He looked back at Robin Hood. "I'm not even his. I thought I was his partner. But…" He pulled his dumb hat off and threw it on the floor. "Not anymore." He then turned around and left, giving his friends one last angry look. "Guess they were right about you three. You're not ready."
Once he was out the door, it was then everyone noticed I was there. I was just staring where Roy went for a good minute before I realized that, panicking a little once that bat guy's haunting glare was targeted on me. "O-Oh, uh…. He-Hello? Don't kill me please, been here for… that guy's whole thing." I winced and nervously pointed a crystalline finger at the door. "Is this the place for superhero tryouts? I'm new to th-the-planet…."
It was then that my awkward first impression was interrupted by some alarms, a man in a red and blue suit appearing on the large screen. "Superman to Justice League, there's been an explosion at project CADMUS, it's on fire."
All of them seemed to forget about me for the moment, moving to the screen. "I've had my suspicions about CADMUS, this may be the perfect opportunity to-" The bat guy began, only to be interrupted by another alarm, a man in stereotypical magicians attire popping up on a smaller screen, talking about some magic man trying to use an amulet to block out the sun.
Apparently that took precedent over the fire at CADMUS, given that the men were on their way shortly after the message. The bat guy gave the rookies a glare and told them to stay put, then turned to me. "You. Stay with them, we'll talk when I get back." He grumbled, his glare almost making me pee myself.
"O-Okay. M-May I p-point out that you are the master of glaring." I stuttered, trying to compliment him, only getting that same scary look from him before he left.
Robin Hood nudged the green guy with a smirk. "Glad you didn't bring you-know-who?"
"Indeed."
Then all the men left, leaving me alone with the trio of boys. The yellow suited boy looked frustrated. "When we're ready? How are we supposed to be ready when they treat us like sidekicks?"
I came up to them with a small smirk. "No offence to any of you, but you guys do have the sidekick vibe. Except Chocolate Thunder over there, you look like you already have your own comic series." I pointed out, earning a confused look from the guy with the gills.
The yellow kid bristled at me. "And who are you to tell us that?"
"I'm just a g-girl trying to figure out her thing. Call me…..Equinox." I smirked at him, almost saying 'guy'. "Though, I really am new to this planet, so who the hell are you guys?"
The yellow guy smirked at me, then suddenly appeared next to me with an arm around my shoulder. "I'm Kid Flash." He introduced himself, running a hand through his hair.
"Aqualad." Chocolate Thunder calmly said, looking distrustful of me.
"I'm Robin." The caped kid informed me.
"Nice to meet you all. Now, your hero names are…. definitely sidekick material, except maybe Robin." I said with a shrug. "Just my unbiased opinion. Now, back to business… What the hell is project CADMUS? Since those guys won't let you do the big thing, might as well look into that, right?"
Aqualad nodded at me. "I'm curious as well."
Robin frowned, then smirked. "I dunno, but I can find out." He said as he approached the massive computer.
"Access Denied." The computer intoned once Robin pressed a few keys.
Robin snorted, his smirk getting wider. "Wanna bet?" He pressed a few more keys, making a file come up on screen and start doing some digital magic.
"Woah, how are you doing this?" Kid Flash asked in amazement.
Robin turned to glance at him. "Same system as the Batcave."
I snorted. "Sounds like a gay bar in Chicago."
Everyone turned to me in shock, Kid Flash then breaking down in laughter. "Hahaha! C-Can we keep her? Hahaha!" He snickered, making me smile in his direction. "I like you already!"
Aqualad had a small smile on his face. "Just don't let Batman hear you say that."
Robin seemed to be trying to hold in his snickers. "He probably will. There's probably countless cameras in this room." He then pressed another key, the computer granting him access. "Let's see…. Project CADMUS, genetics lab, here in D.C. Huh, that's all there is." He looked back at us with a smile. "But if Batman's suspicious, maybe we should investigate."
Aqualad looked thoughtful. "Solve their case before they do…. it would be poetic justice."
Robin chuckled. "Hey, they're all about justice."
I waved my crystalline hand, gaining their attention. "Alright, this means we're forming a super team, right?" I asked, smiling a little in excitement. I felt a little nervous, scratching my other arm and causing some light sparks from the contact. "I, uh, don't really have any experience on the superhero business, so don't expect me to be too much help."
"What happened to staying put?" Aqualad asked, raising a brow.
Robin stepped forward. "For the blotting out the sun mission, not this."
"Yeah, since it's in the neighborhood I don't see how they should be that upset about us investigating." I put my two cents in. "Though maybe that Batman fellow might be royally pissed that we did, I have a feeling that it is his default expression in that suit." I shuddered. "It is kinda terrifying, to be honest."
Everyone snickered at me, Kid Flash looked a little excited, blurring about. "This means you three are going to CADMUS right? If so, I'm coming too."
Aqualad gave us each an appraising look. "And just like that, we're a team?"
Robin smirked. "We didn't come for a playdate."
And with that all four of us left the building, eventually stopping in an alleyway by the burning building. The two scientists in the windows near the top of the building were yelling before the explosion knocked them out of it, Kid Flash zooming into action, catching the men and throwing them up on the roof, only for himself to fall and catch the window to stop from splattering onto the concrete.
I snickered at the sight. "Totally a sidekick." I then looked down at my crystalline arms, trying to bring some power forth to help. As I was doing so, Robin dashed off, leaving me and Aqualad alone in the alley. "Man, they don't plan much, do they?"
Aqualad sighed. "It would appear so. What are you doing?" He curiously asked, gesturing to my arms.
I blushed a little. "Would you believe that I got my powers, like, under an hour ago and that I have zero idea what I'm doing?" I nervously asked. "I kinda got teleported into that hall place shortly after I got these." I informed him, waving my white arm.
Aqualad blinked in surprise. "You don't know how to use them, yet you still came along?"
"Yup."
Aqualad sighed again. "Just be careful. I'll watch your back when we're inside. Can you fly?"
I focused on my obsidian hand, trying activate anything. Something clicked, and a thin black aura emanated from the hand, slowly moving to enshroud me. Once it did, I steadily floated upwards, a feeling of emptiness permeating me as I used the power. "I would seem so…." I confirmed, my voice turning monotone. "Meet you inside…" I said, floating through the air and entering the window Robin and Kid Flash came through.
Aqualad joined us moments later, using some water to send the scientists back to the ground, he seemed a little annoyed at the three of us. "Thanks for the help."
My black aura was still active, so I just felt numb. "You had it covered." I emotionlessly said, looking down at my obsidian arm. "I'll see if there's anyone else…."
I walked out into the hallway and looked left, seeing an odd horned humanoid in the elevator, the doors closing shortly after I saw it. "Hmm… Interesting." I noted, then looked at my crystal arm, it shining despite the black arua grazing it. "Let's try this out…" I focused on the door and held out the shining arm, a white light coming out of it, curving backwards and merging with the black.
Shortly after the two energies mingled, turning my aura a simple grey, I felt… less numb to the world. With an imperceptible shiver, I got closer to the door and smashed my crystal fist into the metal, it peeling away like butter when I pulled it out of the doorway.
"Guys!" I called the trio of sidekicks.
They all came over, Robin seeming to recognize the kind of elevator and tapping something on his wrist, a holographic display popping up. "This is wrong." After a moment of reading something on the display, he shook his head. "Thought so, this is a high speed express elevator, it doesn't belong in a two story building."
"Neither does that horned alien guy I saw." I informed, earning a look from Robin. "What? It had horns and some weird wisker-sideburns."
Robin poked his head into the elevator shaft. "It goes deep." He muttered, pulling out a grappling hook and firing it on the top of the shaft and zipping down. We all shared a look and followed suit, Aqualad and Kid Flash leaping onto the chord and sliding down, me floating down. It wasn't long until Robin ran out of chord, stopping us at a spot that said SL 26.
Robin activated the holographic display and started doing computer stuff, with me watching over his shoulder. "Bypassing security…." He informed us, little cartoon versions of him popping up over the bits he hacked into.
"You took the time to make cartoons of yourself to label the bits you hacked into? Awww, that's adorable." I teased him, ruffling his hair.
"S-Shut up! I don't see you hacking anything." Robin defended with a blush, making me giggle at him. The last cartoon Robin turned green, making him sigh in relief. "There we are, go." He nodded to me, letting me push the door open like it was made of playdough.
We entered a large room full of rolls of some material. "Welcome to project CADMUS…." Kid Flash announced, the ran off, his blur going down the hall..
"You moron." I grumbled, flying after him, the others following suit.
"Equinox, Kid, wait!" Aqualad yelled after us.
I barely heard him, seeing Kid Flash trip once he saw something around the corner. I almost slammed into the face of one the giant monster gorilla-things moving down the hall, Kid Flash managing to roll out of the way of the herd. A little stunned, I landed back with the group, watching as the herd continued on like nothing was happening, the cute little goblin things noticing us and their horns flashing a little.
"Well, nothing strange going on here. No siree…. Nothing odd about a pack of gorillaphants living in an underground facility." I noted in awe, watching as they went around a corner.
We all shared a look and continued exploring, with me keeping a tight hold on Kid Flash, just in case he tries to be stupid and run off again. We just kept going through hallway after hallway, eventually coming across a big door that Robin had to hack open, denying my offer to smash it down. When it opened we were all in awe at the countless bug creatures in tubes, electricity pouring out of them like they were born to do so, making my crystal arm itch a little as I approached a tube.
"Okay, I am officially whelmed." Robin finally said after a moment, approaching a nearby terminal.
"So that's how they kept all this a secret. They had these things to keep the whole place off the grid, the must be bred to produce all the power here." Kid Flash said, waving an arm at the Lightning Bugs.
"Even the name is a clue. The Cadmus of myth made a new race by sowing dragon's teeth into the earth." Aqualad informed.
Robin looked up from the terminal. "And this Cadmus makes new races too. They call them Genomorphs. Woah, look at the stats on these things!" He gasped, the screen showing various types of the creatures here. "Super strength, telepathy, razor claws, these are living weapons!"
My crystal arm itched even more when I was near the terminal, I looked at it, then shrugged, placing my palm on the screen of it. The crystals on my hand moved, covering the screen for a moment and flashing once, detaching once it was over.
"New life data acquired." A voice echoed in my head, making me gasp a little and drop to my knees as new information appeared in my mind.
Robin helped me up, a little wary of my grey aura. "You alright?"
I waved him off. "Don't mind me. I just had a data dump for the first time, a little disorienting. Just did it on instinct…." I took a deep breath and let it out. "Just keep looking, I'll tell you all about it when we're out of here."
They all gave me concerned looks, then Robin went back to searching the database. "Well, it looks like they're making an army. Oh, and there's something else.. Project Kr… Ah, the file's triple encrypted, I can't-"
"Don't move!" A man in a golden mask-helmet came in, a shield thing on his arm as his G-Elves followed after him, a G-Gnome on his shoulder. He stopped after he noticed the three sidekicks, seeming to be shocked at their appearance here. "Wait… Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash? What are you three doing here?"
"I know you. You're Guardian, a hero." Aqualad looked a little confused behind his stoic mask.
"I do my best." Guardian nodded a little at the recognition.
Kid Flash frowned and stepped forward. "Then what are you doing here?"
Guardian placed his hands on his hips, not noticing that Robin was downloading something off the terminal. "I'm chief of security, and you're trespassing. But we can call the Justice League, figure this out."
I stepped out from behind Kid Flash and Aqualad, making Guardian raise a brow at me. "Hi, I'm Equinox. Us four were sent by the League to investigate the fire upstairs and, well, we found this whole place. We were in the area and the league's dealing with some crazy man trying to blot out the sun, kind of a no brainer who they'd send." I charismatically said, slyly giving the three a wink. "I must say, this is quite the operation you got here, I like it. Does everyone here get one of those cute things you have?" I ask pointing at the G-Gnome on his shoulder, it giving me a confused look.
Guardian seemed confused for a moment then gently smiled at me. "Well, yeah. Everyone who works here gets one, they work like telepathic radios, letting me know what is going on here. That's how I knew how to find you all, you four kept passing these by on your way here."
"That's kinda cool." I smiled charmingly at him. "Though there are a few concerns I have."
Robin gave me a thumbs up as he finished downloading the file.
"About half of these critters are quite dangerous, If I didn't know any better…. I'd say that CADMUS is trying to bioengineer an army." I shook my head. "You could be one step away from having an Umbrella Corp. situation, global extermination because one experiment got loose."
"An army..? I don't…" Guardian seemed stunned, realizing something as the G-Gnome on his shoulder had it's horns lit up. "Oh, my head…." He grabbed it with one hand for a moment, then glared at us. "Take them down hard! No mercy!" He commanded his G-Elves, the gangly humanoids snapping into action and lunging for us.
Robin threw down a smoke bomb and grappling hooked away, leaving the three of us down to deal with the small horde of monsters and one brainwashed hero. One G-Elf lunged for my face, only to have its head vaporized with one full force punch from my obsidian hand.
I saw that Kid Flash was having some trouble with his opponent, so I flew over to him, and threw the elf headfirst into the wall at the end of the room, it colliding with a sick crack and not getting up. With a quick thanks, he ran over to Aqualad to help him with his Guardian situation. The two remaining G-Elves warily approaching me after seeing what happened to their friends, hissing like snakes.
I gave them both an unamused look, confident I can take them down. "I don't know if you guys can understand me… Here's your last chance to run." I offered the exit to this confrontation, the two creatures sharing a look and running off, making me blink. "Okay? That worked?"
"Come on!" I heard Aqualad call and I flew in his direction, noticing that Guardian was knocked out. I found the trio in front of an elevator as Robin hacked away on his little device.
"Way to be a team player, Rob!" Kid Flash grouched.
"You weren't behind me?"
We all noticed the approaching horde of G-Elves coming down the hall, Aqualad and Kid Flash entering their ready stances in case we didn't have enough time for Robin to bypass the lock on the elevator. having an idea, I took a deep breath and took five steps in front of the two sidekicks, holding out my crystal arm.
I closed my eyes and focused on making a wall materialize, trying to WILL it into existence. I heard the sound of something meaty impacting something solid, making me open my eyes and smile triumphantly at the sight of the white wall of transparent light holding the G-Elves at bay, one of them angrily slamming its claws into the barrier.
"That looks like Green Lantern's….." Kid Flash trailed off in surprise.
"Yeah…" Robin agreed, the elevator door opening up a moment later. "Let's go!"
We all piled into the elevator, it going down once the door shut. Kid Flash and Aqualad seemed a little upset that Robin made it go down, deeper into the facility.
" Dude? Down? Out is up!" Kid Flash exclaimed.
Robin seemed to be unaffected. "Uh, excuse me, Project Kr? It's on sublevel 52."
"Sounds pretty important if you ask me." I chimed in.
Aqualad paced, rubbing his head. "This is out of control…." He turned around and gave us all a look. "Perhaps….Perhaps we should contact the league."
The elevator dinged, announcing our arrival to sublevel 52. The door opened up, both of my arms tingling at the sight of the fleshy walls of this floor. I was the first to be out of the elevator, taking a good look around. "This whole place is alive….. Be careful… something alive is roaming inside the walls…It's big." I informed them, judging from the feelings in my arms.
"We are here anyway. And Equinox can be our heavy hitter." Kid Flash said with a small smile, following after me.
"Now… which way to Kr….?" Something made my crystal arm pulse, pulling me in a direction. "Guys? I think I can lead us there." I announced, floating up off the ground a few feet and slowly going down the hall that made my arm pulse with white energy.
I only had a moment before my whole world lit up with fire, the explosion knocking me to the ground, everything going dark…..
"...ey…..nox…..WAKE UP!"
I shot up, my head colliding with Kid Flash's nose with a crunch. There was a squeal of pain from the boy, I grumbled a little from my new headache as I got to my feet. The room was dark, my grey aura, apparently not shutting down when I was knocked out, being one of the only sources of light in here.
I rubbed my eyes with my hands and looked around. Kid Flash was now sporting a bleeding nose as he gave me a relieved look, Aqualad and Robin sharing his expression. I winced at the sudden twinge of pain from my cheek, my hand coming away with some blood once I touched it.
I blinked, my aura turning darker. "What hit me?"
Robin seemed to notice my change in mood. "That alien guy you described earlier. He showed up and shot you down with an explosive barrel."
I took a deep breath and let it out. "Okay, he's dying when I see him next. Where are we?"
"Project Kr's chamber, I think." Robin informed me. "We were worried about you for a moment there."
I shrugged. "He caught me off guard and I'm still learning, at least I know I'm durable when the Aura is on and off guard."
Kid Flash seemed to have wandered off. "Hey guys! Look at this!" He called us over, pressing a button on a console, lights now illuminating the room and revealing the pod in the center.
"Woah…." Robin said, surprised at the sight.
There was a young woman in the pod, a skintight white suit with a stylized 's' on her endowed chest being the only clothes on her. Her short black hair done up in a pixie cut, framing her elfin features attractively. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that they put a amazoness-like model in the pod.
"Big K, little r, that's the atomic symbol for Krypton!" Kid Flash stated in shock, then turned towards us. "Clone?"
Aqualad turned to Robin, looking much more serious. "Robin. Hack."
"O-On it." He replied, doing his thing on the console.
"Man…. She's hot." I drooled, earning a look from Kid Flash. "What? She is!"
Robin finished hacking, reading the data out loud. "Project designation: Super Amazoness. Grown in... 16 weeks!?"
"Does it make me a pedo if I already want to be with her?" I raised a hand, earning unamused looks from both Robin and Aqualad.
"Nah. She looks very legal." Kid flash assured me, placing a hand on my shoulder.
Robin continued. "Grown from the DNA of…. Superman and Wonder Woman." He looked up at us.
"Probably stolen." I guessed with a shrug, admiring the clone.
"No way they would approve of this." Aqualad stated.
"The solar suit lets her absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7." Robin continued reading.
"That… doesn't sound good. Can anyone explain to the new alien to the planet?" I asked, confused about the radiation details.
Robin looked at me. "It's how Superman can do what he does. Heat vision, flight, super strength, you name it."
"Sounds super cheap." I said with a shrug. "So the more radiation absorbed, the more powerful he gets? What's the weakness? Glowing rocks?"
Everyone stayed eerily quiet at my question, answering the question. "No. Way. Really? Pfft… Oh, no! Glowing rocks, my only weakness!" I dramatically fell to the floor, fake gasping. "If only it were thrown away!" I snickered, making the guys chuckle too.
"Heh, moving on. The three creatures in there ar-" Robin was interrupted by me.
I looked at the G-Gnomes in the tube, the data on them coming to the front of my mind. "Project 0001: G-Gnome. Telepathic simian. Can transmit and receive information from others of its kin from anywhere within a mile. Proven to overwrite thoughts and memories in human subjects, and control other Genome creatures." I shook my head. "Sorry, that data dump earlier was all about these critters. The G-Gnomes are force feeding her an education, it wouldn't do for the superweapon to be retarded"
They looked more concerned for me, seeing as I got closer to the pod and stared down the G-Gnomes within.
"They're making a slave out of Superman and Wonder Woman's…. daughter…." Kid Flash pieced together, looking a little sick.
I spoke up. "And It's a hot chick. So you know she's going to be both the super weapon and pleasure toy." At their disgusted looks, I rolled my eyes. "What else would the men in charge do with a beautiful woman that's been brainwashed? Let her walk around?"
"Point taken." Robin agreed, his face a little green.
Aqualad looked done with this situation. "Now we contact the league." He told them, pressing his belt and making it light up. They all tried their own form of communication device, only for them all to fail. "No signal."
Kid Flash's face turned a shade white. "We're in too deep… literally."
"Well, we got three options." I spoke up staring at the woman inside. "One: We wait until I somehow learn all my tricks instantly. Two: We crack her out and pray she helps us…."
"What's three?" Kis Flash asked.
I gave him a serious look. "We die. Let's face it, we've all seen too much. The guys in charge will probably clone us and then kill us, making the clones take our places." I sighed. "I dunno about you all, but I'm with the second option."
They went quiet for a moment. After a good minute of thinking, Aqualad gave Robin a look. "Do it."
As Robin pressed a few keys on his device, I glanced back at them, taking a ready position in front of the pod, seeing that the G-Gnomes' horns started glowing. "Get to cover! I think her teachers are telling her that we're the bad guys. Whatever you three do…. DON'T. HELP. I doubt you three can handle her." I commanded, my aura turning on full force, it almost becoming solid in proparation.
The pod started to recede into the floor, releasing the unconscious woman.
"What are you gonna do?" Robin asked.
The woman's eyes opened, revealing her beautiful blue eyes.
I cracked my knuckles, the sound of crunching glass bringing her attention to me. "Teach her a lesson." I smirked, even as the woman came flying at me.
