Young Justice: Crysis
2: Prison Break
I slowly stuck my head out from cover, cautiously looking from side to side, then turn back to my companion and nod. We quickly run over to the opposite wall, beating the camera sweep. Despite SECOND, my AI, assuring me that he had hacked into their systems, blocking access.
"How far?" Rhea asked me. The girl who had rescued me from what I learned was a Cadmus facility and I had been onboard the Watchtower for the past three weeks. She needed a week to recover from her operation. It turned out that Cadmus had set up a remote kill-switch into her wings, which composed of acid bombs. It took Batman, Martian Manhunter and Black Canary a tense half hour to get her wings amputated and ensure her muscles weren't damaged either by the operation or by acid. Another two weeks were devoted to her physical therapy. We bonded over the two weeks, meeting during the night cycles allowing me to get out of the brig.
In the meantime, I was stuck in the brig. SECOND, who explained he could remotely hack any system with a wireless connection, had hacked into their system via Red Tornado, hiding a Trojan in a harmless subroutine involving him accessing a wireless communication system.
Within twelve hours I had access to the Watchtower, The Hall Of Justice, The Batcave and the entire Zeta tube network. And that's just the League. When Red Tornado interacted with any law enforcement or government agencies, the Trojan piggybacked onto their wireless devices. Which meant I had now a means to get out of the brig and find out the ground situation.
But my sense of obligation prevented me from just busting out. I was going to get my rescuer out too. To keep myself occupied, I sifted through the data feeds received by the Watchtower.
An interesting amateur video of a place called Bayville had shown me a guy in a similar armour beat down a guy in a purple hood.
"Call me...Prophet" he had said, before vanishing in thin air. Interestingly, a week later NYPD had dispatched a report of a major gang fight in Brooklyn Harbour, resulting in the death of a major crime boss called Kingpin.
Plus intelligence agencies were reporting the shutting down of a notorious terrorist organisation. No names were given, but it seemed to be pretty bad.
"300 meters down this corridor, we head down the left hand corridor and cross the Hall Of Remembrance. Then it's a straight shot to the tubes" I reply to Rhea, while checking the motion sensor. I looked into her jade green eyes and we share a nod and take off down the corridor.
As we run, I nearly miss my motion sensors ping. I pull Rhea into an alcove, waiting for whoever it was to go away. I notice Martian Manhunter step past the alcove.
Don't look here. Nothing to see at all I chant mentally, hoping that the psychic would miss us. I hold up a palm in reflex. I notice him touch his left temple, a frown on his face. He shakes his head, then phases through the floor.
"Ok, let's move" I whisper to Rhea as we exit the alcove, keeping a 360-180 swivel as we approached the entry way of the Hall Of Remembrance. We quickly slip in and here a murmur of voices. I was initially going to ignore them when I heard "Prophet" and "Nomad". Rhea and I share a look, and slowly creep upto the voices and see Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in a discussion with a dark skinned man in all black clothing and a black trenchcoat with an eyepatch over his right eye.
"We don't know what kind of danger he is Fury! How can you trust someone who kills wantonly?" commented Superman, with Batman and Wonder Woman sharing nods. Fury just raised an eyebrow and replied, his voice so full of condescension it was a wonder that the floor had melted from the sheer acidity of it.
"This wanton killer has helped my agency in destroying a cancer within us and tore apart one entire terrorist group known for nigh impossible survivability. The same terrorist group known for the motto 'cut of one head, two more shall take it's place'. He did it single handedly, while putting the fear of god in god knows how many other groups! Even the Mandarin has scaled back his operations! Also, he rescued two kids who were going to become living weapons! Man maybe made of steel, but he has a heart, unlike you Superman. I mean, goddamit the kid did not ask to be created! Atleast have the decency to acknowledge his existence! And don't even try and shut me off this conversation! If you want to blame anyone, blame Luthor and Cadmus. Not the boy, not for something that wasn't his fault!"
"What he said" commented Batman, jerking a thumb at Fury, looking pointedly at Superman. Big Blue seemed to deflate at that, his shoulders drooping. He then squared his shoulders.
"That is not the topic..." he was cut off by a harsh bark of laughter from Fury.
"Oh, it very much is. Prophet, Superboy and now Nomad. All living weapons. All trained killers. That makes you uncomfortable doesn't it Clark? Of what you could have become, isn't it, if someone like Ross or Von Strucker had found you?" he said, his words hitting all the right button. Wonder Woman puts a hand on his shoulder, squeezing it sympathetically.
"I feel that Superboy could use atleast some guidance from you, even if only as mentor-protege" said Wonder Woman as she tried to sooth his feelings. Fury and Batman nodded in agreement.
"I'll...think about it" said Superman. Honestly, his expression made you wonder if they asked him to kill his puppy.
"Fine. Anyway, as far as Ironman goes, I've got one of my best agents being assigned to his staff" continued Fury. Batman nodded while Wonder Woman fixed a glare on him.
"Please tell me its not Nat" she said her voice flat. At his smirk she said "You're evil, you know that? She'll kill him within a week"
"I'll definitely pass that on to Agent Romanoff" he said, a chuckle carrying over. He turns to someone behind him and then turns back to the Justice Trio.
"Your systems have been hacked. I'm getting info worldwide that all intelligence agencies have had their architecture compromised, with the Watchtower being the point of origin" he snapped off, the spymaster and agency director persona firmly in place.
"Shit, time to get out of here" I mutter to Rhea. We turn around and are looking at Flash, Aquaman, Red Tornado, Black Canary, Green Arrow and the Hawks.
"Busted" Rhea muttered as she looked at the Hawks, who were looking at her with a mixture of worry and anger.
"Kids, you have no idea how much trouble you're in" commented Black Canary, a grim look on her face.
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Filler chapter.
Next up, The Young Justice Team!
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