The New Adventures Of The Justice League

Chapter 9: The Creation Of Captain Marvel

For a moment silence reigned in the warehouse as the members of the Justice League stared at Lex Luthor in shock. Finally it was Flash who broke the silence, his eyes wide behind the white lenses of his mask as he swung his gaze between Captain Marvel and Luthor before saying, "Are you seriously telling me that he is a clone of us?!" he jabbed a finger accusingly at Captain Marvel who flinched but didn't say a word.

"That's exactly what I'm trying to tell you," Luthor sighed heavily.

"But he doesn't even have all of our powers," Superman protested weakly.

Luthor raised an eyebrow. "And neither did Superboy," he countered.

"Who?" Hawkgirl raised an eyebrow as she turned to Batman.

"Superboy was a clone of Superman's," Batman clarified. "He was half-human and half-Kryptonian so he didn't exhibit all of Superman's powers. Clark adopted him but Superboy's programming led him to try and eliminate him so Clark was forced to kill him. Not long after that Supergirl came along but since she was a full blooded Kryptonian she was more than a little unstable. One day she went crazy and committed suicide after realizing that she had almost killed Superman."

"Oh," Hawkgirl's eyes went wide.

"So is Captain Marvel half-human?" Wonder Woman asked, having overheard Batman and Hawkgirl's conversation.

"He's part human, part Martian Manhunter, part Kryptonian, part Thanagarian and part Amazon," Vandal Savage replied.

"How in the world did you manage to combine all of those DNAs into one body?" Green Lantern asked in amazement.

"Through no small amount of effort thanks to my genius," Dr. Sivana said proudly.

"It took us about two years to figure out how to safely combine them without their being any…side effects," Luthor said.

"Except for some slight mental instability," Savage sighed.

"Of course there's some instability!" Luthor snapped. "He's only ten years old for crying out loud!"

"He's ten?!" J'onn was furious. He tried not to let his emotions control him very often if he could help it but at the moment he was simply too furious for words. How dare these…villains force a child to go through an ordeal like that?! He could remember all too clearly those two years he had spent in captivity, sometimes he still had nightmares about that place. And they had put a child through that ordeal?! He levitated himself into the air, his focus only on Luthor.

"Captain Marvel, take him down," Luthor ordered.

Captain Marvel nodded and, placing two fingers on either side of his head, began frowning. Suddenly J'onn felt waves of agony rolling through his head. He began screaming as he fell to his knees, forced to watch his family die over and over again.

"What did you do to him?!" Hawkgirl yelled, her mace already crackling.

"I believe Captain Marvel merely used his telepathy to stop the Martian Manhunter from annihilating me," Luthor replied calmly.

"Telepathy?" Green Lantern could already feel a headache coming on.

"Yes and unless you would like the same thing to happen to you, you will let us continue explaining how we created him," Sivana's voice sounded oddly gleeful, as though he hoped that Captain Marvel would be forced to take them down as well.

"Where did you find a test subject?" Batman asked.

"On the streets of Fawcett City," Luthor said promptly. "I had been watching the area for days, trying to find a suitable subject when I happened to find a young boy sound asleep behind a garbage can. I used chloroform on him to insure that he stayed asleep then brought him here via my private jet. It didn't take us long after that to collect DNA samples from him and run tests."

"And after that it was only a matter of fusing your DNA to his, modifying certain strands of it of course to ensure that he would obey our every command," Savage explained.

"So what exactly did he get from me?" Hawkgirl asked eagerly.

"Your fighting technique and battle skills," Luthor told her. "And he has Batman's tactical and logical mind as well as the willpower of the Green Lantern."

"Do what?" Green Lantern looked confused.

"Basically he's a living ring," Savage said shortly. "Whatever you can do with your ring he can do a thousand times better just by thinking about it."

"Oh joy," Flash muttered sarcastically.

"What about his programming?" Superman asked.

"He shouldn't turn out like Superboy and Supergirl," Luthor assured him.

"And why are you telling them all of this?" Savage whirled on Luthor. "I thought we were supposed to be brainwashing them, not telling them how to raise him!"

"That's Sivana's department, not mine," Luthor said then smiled. "Besides, who ever said I wanted to brainwash them?"

"Can we kill him now?" Sivana asked.

"Be my guest," Savage grumbled. "Captain Marvel, attack Luthor!" Captain Marvel didn't move. "Attack! Why isn't he moving?"

"While you and Sivana were so busy worrying about me betraying you, the two of you neglected to pay any attention to me during the phase where we were writing his programming. I had it altered so that he only obeys my commands," Luthor said proudly. "Captain Marvel, kill Savage and Sivana." As Captain Marvel started forward, Luthor smiled and said, "That's my cue." He pressed a button and a hidden door opened. He stepped through and waved at his fellow villains before the door shut behind him.


A/N: I know there's no action in here but I promise that there will be some fighting in the next chapter. I hoped this answered all of your questions. If not please message me and I'll try to address your concerns. Thanks for reading and please keep reviewing!