Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice or Wolverine, even though this Wolverine is my OC.
Batman, Robin, Green Arrow, Speedy, Aquaman, Aqualad, Black Canary and I were waiting for Flash and Kid Flash to show up.
"Man, you would think that being the fastest people on earth, they would be the first ones here," Robin stated. Then we heard a zooming noise behind us. It was Flash and Kid Flash.
"Aw man! I knew we'd be the last one's here!" Kid Flash whined.
"Is that Batman?"
"I see Flash and Flash Jr.!"
"His name's Speedy, duh."
"No, Speedy's Green Arrow's sidekick."
"Well that makes no sense." No duh. I've told him that before. But Roy doesn't seen to take my opinions into account, does he?
"Ready to see the inner sanctum?" Batman asks. Pft. No, of course we're not. We're just here to stare at the building.
"Born that way!" Wally looks like he's about to run up a wall. Well he can actually do that.
"I'm glad we're all here," Aqualad says. Happy to know you enjoy our presence.
"Have all five sidekicks ever been in the same place at the same time?" Wally asks.
"Don't call us sidekicks. Not after today," Roy grins. Well someone looks happy. For once in his life.
"Sorry. First time at the hall. I'm a little overwhelmed."
"You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why isn't anyone just whelmed?" Robin asks.
"Cuz it's not a word, bird boy," I say as we walked into the hall.
Martian Manhunter is there, waiting for us. "Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Wolverine, welcome. You now have unlimited access to the gym, our fully stocked Galley, and of course our library."
"Make yourselves at home," Flash tells us. Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad sat down on the only three armchairs in the room, which left Roy and I standing. Way to make myself at home.
"Quick debrief to discuss the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day," Batman says in his deep gruff voice. "We shouldn't be long."
Recognized: Batman, 0-2; Aquaman, 0-6; Flash, 0-4; Green Arrow, 0-8; Martian Manhunter, 0-7; Red Tornado, 1-6; Black Canary, 1-3.
"That's it?" Roy looks furious. Uh oh. "You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass!"
"You've been granted access few others get," Aquaman said.
"Oh really? Who cares which side of the glass we're on?!" Roy pointed to the windows near the ceiling where many reporters were taking pictures. Hm. He's got a point.
"Roy, you just need to be patient," Green Arrow pleads, exasperated.
"What I need is respect! They're treating us like kids! Worse- sidekicks!" Okay when was that ever worse? "We deserve better than this!" Yes! We should! If only we knew what you were talking about. Geez Roy. So me and the rest of us just looked at each other and shrugged. "You're kidding, right? You're playing their game? Why? Today was supposed to be the day! Step one to becoming a full fledged member of the League!"
"Well, sure," Wally shrugged, "But I thought step one was a tour of the HQ."
"Except the hall isn't the real HQ! I bet they never told you it's just a false front for tourists and a pit stop for catching zeta beam teleporter tubes to the real thing, an orbiting satellite called the Watchtower!"
"You have an HQ in space?" I asked. "That is so cool!" Everyone glared at Green Arrow. Especially Batman and Black Canary. Poor Ollie.
"I know, I know, but I thought we could make an exception." Everyone glared harder. "Or… not."
Aquaman decided to step up. "You're not helping our cause here, son. Stand down, or-"
"Or what, you'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son. I'm not even his." He pointed at Ollie. Oh, really? Because last time I checked, you were, adopted or not. "I thought I was his partner, but not anymore." He threw down his stupid yellow hat. "You're not ready." And he stomped right out of the room.
"Idiot," I muttered. Suddenly, an alarm blares.
"Superman to Justice League. There's been an explosion at project Cadmus. It's on fire."
"I've had my suspicions about Cadmus," Batman started, "This may present the perfect opportunity to in-"
"Zatara to Justice League. The sorcerer Wotan is using the amulet of Attan to blot out the sun." The sorcerer what is using the amulet of what to what?! "Requesting full league response."
"Superman?"
"Local authorities have it under control."
"Then Cadmus can wait. All leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates. Batman out," Batman spoke into his comm link. "Stay put," he told us.
"What? Why?" Wally argued.
"This is a league mission."
"You're not trained," Black Canary says.
"Since when?" I shot back.
"She means you're not trained to work as part of this team," Flash explains.
"There will be other missions when you're ready," Aquaman promised.
"But for now, stay put." Sure thing Batman, we'll sit here in a tourist attraction while you go stop some idiot from blotting out the sun.
"Glad you didn't bring you know who?" Green Arrow asks Martian Manhunter. Wait what?
"Indeed." Black Canary shot me a look that basically said you better stay put or else you will see the end of your claws somewhere you do not want it to be,and they teleported through the zeta beam.
"When we're ready?" Wally yelled. "How are we ever supposed to be ready when they treat us like- like sidekicks?!"
"My mentor, my king, I thought he trusted me," Aqualad said quietly.
"Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics! They've got a secret HQ! In space!"
"What else aren't they telling us?" I muse.
"I've got a better question. Why didn't we leave with Speedy?" Robin thought out loud. He does that a lot. And I have an answer to his question… WE'RE NOT IDIOTS! Unlike Peter Pan.
"What is project Cadmus?" Wally asked, changing the subject.
"Don't know, but I can find out." Bird Boy smirked and started hacking away at the League's computer.
Access Denied.
"Heh, wanna bet?" Robin started accessing the League's data bases.
"Whoa, how are you doing that?" Wally stared with wide eyes.
"Same system as the Batcave." Well then.
Access granted.
"All right… Project Cadmus… Genetics lab here in D.C. That's all there is, but if Batman's suspicious, maybe we should investigate."
Oooh, I see where he's going with this. "Solve their case before they do!"
"It would be poetic Justice." I guess Kaldur decided to join the conversation.
"Hey," Robin cracked a smile. "They're all about justice."
"But they said stay put," I said. And by they I mean Black Canary.
"For the blotting out the sun mission, not this," Bird Boy said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Wait." Wally is getting excited. Uh oh. "Are you going to Cadmus? Cuz if you're going, I'm going."
"Just like that? We're a team on a mission?"
"We didn't come here for a play date."
When we got to the scene, there were sirens blaring and firefighters standing there doing nothing. At all.
"Help!" a scientist, I'm assuming, shouted.
"Get us down!" the other yelled.
"Stay put. We will get you out," a firefighter blasted through a loudspeaker. Yeah, right. After the whole place burns down, probably. Then, Kid Flash zooms up the burning building and bring both the scientists onto the roof, and slipped down.
"Oh, oh!" a bystander pointed. "It's… what's his name… Flash Boy!"
"It's Kid Flash! Why is that so hard?" Kid Flash says as he dangles on the side of the building.
"So smooth," I chuckled.
"Does he always have to run ahead?" Yes, Aqualad. Yes he does. "We need a plan. We- Robin?" We look around. Looks like Wonder Boy disappeared. Then we hear some pretty creepy laugh.
"Ha ha ha!" Robin laughs as he swings up to the window ledge Kid Flash was holding onto and pulls him into the building. I jump as high as I can(which is pretty high) and dig my claws into the wall and start to climb. Aqualad goes over to the firefighters and points to the hose.
"I need to borrow that," he says as he takes out his water bearers and controls the water to form a swirling platform. He jumps on and gets to the top of the roof where the scientists are, and says, "Step aboard. Now." Wow. So demanding. He brings them down and rides the water up to the window. We both reached the window and jumped inside.
"Appreciate the help," Kaldur says sarcastically.
"You handled it." Way to be part of the team, Wonder Boy. "Besides, we're here to investigate. Poetic justice, remember?" I hear a beep come from the elevator and see something inside as the doors close.
"There was something in the-"
"Elevators should be locked down."
"This is so wrong." I'm glad you noticed, Wally.
"Thought so," Bird Boy says, "This is a high speed express elevator. It doesn't belong in a two story building."
"Neither does what I saw."
(I'm not gonna do the whole "at Cadmus" thing because I thought it was kind of boring)
"We did it," Kaldur groaned through the fallen building. No duh.
"Was there…*pant*... ever any doubt?" Bird Boy said, clothes torn.
"See?" Wally points. "The moon!" Wait, is that who I think it is? "Oh, and Superman. Do we keep our promises or what?" Um, how is it a good thing that the whole entire Justice League is here frowning at us?! Superman and Batman glare at us for a moment, before Batman sees Superboy.
"Is that what I think it is?"
"He doesn't like being called an it," Wally said in a singsong voice. I punched his shoulder. Superboy walks up to Superman and shows him the S shield on his torn solar suit.
"I'm Superman's clone." Superman's eyes widen.
"Start talking," Batman demands. We explain what happened, and I already knew I was in huge trouble from the look Black Canary gave me throughout the whole time.
"Well, uh- we'll figure something out for you. The League, I mean. For now, uh… I'd better make sure they get that Blockbuster creature squared away." Smooth, Superman, smooth. He flies away and Batman continues to glare.
"Cadmus will be investigated, all fifty two levels, but let's make one thing clear-"
"You should have called!" Flash interrupts.
"End results aside, we are not happy," Batman continues, "You hacked Justice League systems, disobeyed direct orders, and endangered lives. You will not be doing this again."
"I am sorry," Kaldur said, "But we will." I like where this is going…
"Aqualad, stand down." I rolled my eyes. Atlanteans.
"Apologies, my king, but no. We did good work here tonight, the work you trained us to do. Together on our own we forged something powerful, important."
"If this is about your treatment at the hall," Flash started, "The three of you-"
"The four of us," Wally interrupted. "And it's not."
"We're ready to use what you taught us, or why teach us at all?" I add.
"It's easy," Superboy says with a rebellious look in his eyes. "Get on board, or get out of the way."
Black Canary and I were walking back home in silence. It feels like an hour passed since we made Cadmus collapse, but I knew it couldn't have been that long. It was just the silence.
I sighed. "You're mad at me, aren't you." It wasn't a question. It was a statement. Aunt Dinah stopped walking, looked at me, and started walking again.
"No, I'm not mad. I'm a little… disappointed, though. But not the least bit mad."
I stared at her. "Really?" She smiled back.
"Really. And, Rafe?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm proud of you." At this I almost tripped and stopped walking to stare at her.
"Wh- what?"
"You had the courage to go against the League and freed a clone of a kryptonian with anger management problems."
I smiled. This was the best part about Aunt Dinah, she always looks on the bright side. Or at least when she's talking to me.
"Thanks."
"But you're still grounded for two weeks."
"Aw, come on!"
All of us were standing inside a hollowed out mountain called Mount Justice, apparently.
"The cave was the original secret sanctuary of the Justice League," Batman droned. "We're calling it into service again. Since you four are determined to stay together and fight the good fight, you'll do it on League terms. Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor. Black Canary's in charge of training." My eyes widened and I groaned. She shot a look at me and I shut up and gave my attention to Batman again. "I will deploy you on missions."
"Real missions?" Wally asked eagerly.
"Yes, but covert."
"The League will handle the obvious stuff. There's a reason we have these big targets on our chests," Flash said. Talk about a big ego.
"But Cadmus proves proves the bad guys are getting smarter," Green Arrow states. "Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly."
"The five of you will be that team."
"Cool!" Wally punched his fists in the air. But, wait…
"Wait, five?" Last time I checked, there were only four of us. Then, a girl about sixteen with green skin, red hair, and freckles walked in.
"This is Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian," Batman said.
"Hi," she waved nervously.
"Liking this gig more every minute," Wally smirked. "Welcome aboard. I'm Kid Flash, that's Robin, Aqualad, Wolverine. It's cool if you forget their names." I guess all Flashes are like that.
"I'm honored to be included." We all walked up to Miss Martian to meet her except for Superboy.
"Hey," I call, "Superboy, come meet Miss M." He walks over and Miss M's shirt changes from white to black, the color of Superboy's t-shirt.
"I like your t-shirt," Miss M. smiles as Superboy blushes. I roll my eyes. Teenagers.
Kaldur grins. "Today is the day."
Character Profile
Name: Raphael Yoritomo
Age: 12
Heredity: Half Japanese/Chinese, half Italian
Family: Shirito Yoritomo(father), Crystal Yoritomo(mother), Dinah Lance(aunt)
Hair color: Pure white
Eye color: Dark brown
Uniform: Retro glasses, short sleeve black muscle tee with gray in the middle of the shoulder from the neck to the end of the sleeve, black skin tight pants, silver utility belt, black fingerless gloves, gray/silver shock resistant boots.
Civilian clothes: White t-shirt, blue zip up hoodie, black skinny jeans, gray and black checkered slip on vans, black hair dye.
Abilities: Long withdrawable claws, master of hand to hand combat and martial arts, high jumper, extreme reflexes.
Rafe basically looks like a normal Chinese kid, but with pure white hair(which he dyes black when he goes out, other than to the cave or as Wolverine)
Okay, just to clarify, I won't do all the episodes. I'll add a little original stuff too.
Sorry for any grammar/punctuation errors.
R&R!
Turmious Ravonous :)