Okay so here is the next chapter, I have a few things that I want to address super quickly
Annabelle's relationship: When I first started rewriting this story I was contemplating putting her with Greyson and when I put the last chapter out it was still a possibility but I wasn't sure. Now I know for a fact that she will not end up with him instead she will end up with a OC. Some people did suggest that I put her with Aqualad or Superboy, I have plans for Aqualad and Superboy is a no for a couple of reasons one of which will be revealed at the end and the other is I really like Supermartian and don't want to break them up.
P.O.V: Someone commented about the Point of View and use of 3rd person. Part of it may have been because I mentioned Point of view in the A/N last chapter. But, uh well I write in a subjective 3rd person style meaning my story will be in 3rd person but it will centre around one character and what they know, so last chapter was following Grayson and the narrator knew things that he knows, (i.e. names) this chapter will follow Annabelle so the narrator will only know things that she knows, so there will be people that wont be recognized until they are introduced.
I hope I'm doing better than the last iteration of this story and I want everyone reading to know that I'm listening to the criticism and I'm trying to take it on board.
Sorry for the long A/N but I just needed to clear some things up.
Anyways I don't own anything except for Annabelle, Jessabelle and a few OC's who do not exist yet.
Verity Quinn A.K.A Annabelle Aldrich
MT JUSTICE
OCTOBER 6, 10:39 EDT
If you were to ask Verity how she ended up in a hospital room being held by the league in that she assumed was one of their super secret bases, she wouldn't be able to tell you. She felt incredibly groggy and her head was pounding, her assumption was that he had been out for at least a few days. The last thing she remembered was helping Poison Ivy tend to her giant plant, then Robin and Kid Flash appeared; that's right The Joker and his team were taken down, of course they were.
Verity attempted to sit up but quickly found that her arms and legs were strapped down, its safe to say that she panicked and began struggling against her restraints. It was strange normally she'd be able to break out of something like this, she was strong enough to just rip the leather restraints off but she just felt so incredibly weak.
"I think you will find that you are not able to escape" A polite voice informed her, she jumped slighting and craned her her so she could see who was talking to her, it was Martian Manhunter. Her least favourite league member, he gave her the creeps, something about him just made her uncomfortable.
"Let me go, The Joker will make you pay" Verity said with as much venom as she could muster which wasn't a lot at this point.
"I'm sure he will" a deep voice said before the one and only Batman stepped into the small white room. Verity's head dropped back onto the bed, if Batman was here she was definitely not getting out anytime soon.
"What have you done to me?" Verity growled not looking up at the Heroes in front of her.
"Kryptonite" The one-word response made her head shoot up, she was confused to say the least.
"Isn't that Superman greatest weakness, or something stupid like that" Verity hissed, she was trying as hard as she possibly could to be intimidating, but she was very visibly shaking and there was no way that the two men in front of her missed it. What on earth could that mean, why was Kryptonite affecting her, she's human at least she thought she was.
"Something stupid like that" A more feminine voice quipped cutting through the tension that was building. The woman that walked in wasn't someone that Verity was all to familiar with, she was blonde with a black one piece on.
"I'm going to take it you have no idea who I am" The woman said walking to the edge of Verity's bed. Batman left as soon as she walked into the room but Martian Manhunter stayed, the woman didn't mind this and took a seat in a vacant chair near Verity's head.
"I'm Black Canary and you are Verity Quinn" The woman said with a smirk, Verity instantly knew that she liked this woman and if it were in different circumstances she might have even smiled.
"I have some things that I need to explain to you, unfortunately the Kryptonite will not be the first thing on that list instead your name, your name is not Verity, it is actually Annabelle, Annabelle Alderich" Black Canary explained, her voice was soft and she said every word as clearly and slowly as possible. Verity's head fell back onto the bed, she was dumbfounded, how could her name not be Verity, Annabelle what kind of cutesy princess name was that.
"How the hell can that be my name?" She asked, her voice was barely audible, so quite that the woman next to her may have missed it.
"Well, you were born as Annabelle Alderich and when you were quite young someone killed your family and kidnapped you. Only you and your sister survived" Black Canary explained, this left her even more confused, a sister? Now she has a different name and a sister, this is impossible, it has to be, she hopes it is.
"What, none of this makes any sense, and why are you telling me this, why am I here and not Belle Reve or something" Verity shouted, she was panicked and everything that she said sounded so frantic, she was thrashing around trying to break out of her restraints. Moments pass and as if by magic she calmed down, she felt at ease and she no longer wanted to escape.
"Thank you J'ohnn" Black Canary said with a small smile before turning to Verity once again. That damn Martian was in her head, she hated it, she hated having people in her head.
"You need to remain calm okay" Black Canary said placing a hand on the younger girl's arm. Verity flinched but Black Canary didn't move her hand, the two women held eye contact for several moments until Verity nodded.
"We are telling you this because we think that you were being experimented on by your kidnappers, we also believe that your kidnappers were not The Joker or Harley Quinn." Black Canary explained her eyes not leaving the younger girl.
"There are gaps in your memories that have been filled by a telepath other than myself" Martian Manhunter said not leaving his sentry position by the door. The thought of him searching through Verity's mind made the girl so completely uncomfortable, it wasn't something that the league was going to care about though and she knew that.
"You don't know who it is? But you've been in my head, why didn't you look?" Verity snapped, Martian Manhunter didn't miss a beat "Whom ever they are they have worked hard to conceal themselves in your mind and it will take a telepathic mind stronger then my own to unveil them"
"Alright fine whatever, but what have they done to me?" Verity asked her voice deflated. Black Canary let out a deep sigh, Verity's heart skipped a beat at the sound it was safe to say that she was terrified by what the response could possibly be.
"We aren't completely sure how but who ever it was has fused your DNA with Kryptonian DNA. So much so that you are essentially more Kyrptonian than you are human giving you all the powers and weaknesses that a Kryptonian would have" Verity's head was spinning, this doesn't make any sense.
"That doesn't sound possible" Verity whispered, her voice was betraying her.
"There are only a few scientists in the world that can do something so complicated" Black Canary replied softly. Verity didn't respond instead she just stared up at the wall trying to process the information that had been given to her
"So I think you've been pinned down long enough, what I'm going to do is detach the cuffs from the bed but I am going to leave them on you, I want to give you the freedom to walk around and sit up but the use of your powers is not okay" Black Canary said with a smirk as she removed the wrist cuffs from the bed. Verity shot up and began stretching her arms, the young girl also moved her neck until she heard a satisfying crack. Once Verity's legs were unrestrained Black Canary moved to leave the room.
"Wait, whose DNA was it?" Verity asked quickly shooting her arm out to get Black Canary's attention, the older woman turned to the young blonde.
"Superman's" Black Canary and Martian Manhunter left Verity alone in the room.