Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice.
"She's following us!" an irritated voice came.
"I didn't know she had so much stamina! Most other kids would've dropped by now!"
"Well drive faster!"
"DO YOU WANT TO GET PULLED OVER?"
Devera mentally smacked her forehead. Why did she put up with Creed? Vengeance was enough of an issue without a little girl trailing them! She knew the figure called Vengeance would be after her…he was the godfather of the kid after all…actually the godfather of all three considering the father had no siblings.
Creed had known Devera for years, and was shocked when it turned out she was wrong. The little girl was a threat.
A large one.
Annemarie kept running after the car. Now she didn't have superspeed like the Flashes, but she had high stamina. She could keep up longer than any kid her age ought to be able to. Her hair whipped behind her as she followed them.
"GIVE MEH BACKS MEH BRODER!" Annemarie shrieked.
Devera grabbed the gun out of her pocket and leaned out the window. She aimed at the little girl, but wasn't able to shoot. She was jerked into the front of the car. It had stopped. They looked in front of them…and there was a boy they.
At first Devera feared it was Vengeance with, well, a vengeance. But she looked closer and realized it wasn't. He was more muscular, had dark black hair, and blue eyes. Vengeance had dyed his hair purple and his eyes were a cold dark green.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
"You stole that vehicle. I suggest you get out of it now and give yourself up easy," the boy said.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Creed demanded.
"I think I'm the guy who's gonna kick your ass," he growled. "I'm Superboy."
"SUPERBOY?" Devera cried. "The Man o' Steel's got a brat?"
Annemarie had caught up to the stopped vehicle. She climbed in the backseat and unbuckled Tim. With much difficulty, she managed to get him out of the car. She looked around and spotted a familiar head of hair.
"DEVERA!" the voice yelled. "GIVE ME BACK THE BABY AND NO ONE GETS HURT!"
"Baby?" Superboy said confused. "There's a baby involved?"
Then he saw them, little Annemarie holding a little object that he suspected to be a baby.
He heard her call out to him, "Unca Fwank!"
Frank Tillor turned to see Annemarie and Tim. He cried in relief and ran over to the kids. He took Tim from Annemarie's arms. A gust of wind blew past and Annemarie's eyes widened. LEO! Leo was here! A heart stopping wail told her that Aunt Bella was here too. Bella Starly looked at Frank Tillor. The former lovers exchanged a glance and he looked down at Leo. The little boy stood beside his aunt.
"Is that her Annie?"
"Yeah!"
Superboy suddenly felt he was in the middle of something. But something felt wrong…
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Annemarie let out a shriek of terror as her aunt, who'd taken Tim from Frank, drop to the ground.
"BELLA!" Frank yelled.
She'd fallen to the ground…and something told Superboy she wasn't getting back up. The baby hadn't cried, and Superboy took that as a bad sign. Vengeance turned to Devera and unleashed a fury of knives. Creed blocked them while Devera focused on little Leo. A circle of fire appeared around the boy, causing him to panic. It closed in around him and little Annemarie had dropped to the ground. The clone charged thinking only one thing, he'll burn.
He grabbed the little boy from the flames and put him out. The little boy was screaming and he didn't blame the kid. The burns looked nasty. Annemarie was shrieking and crying now. Superboy bolted up and attacked Creed. He punched the other boy in the face. In turn, Creed tried to tackle him, but Superboy got him with an uppercut. The two were locked in a fierce battle as Vengeance and Devera continued their assault on each other.
Superboy grabbed the boy's neck. Creed attempted to get the hands off, but he caused the boy of steel to slip.
CRACK!
Devera stopped and shrieked, "MURDERER!"
Superboy looked to see Annemarie visibly relax. Creed had been doing something to her. He turned to the purple haired man thrown against the wall. He didn't move another muscle. Devera turned on Annemarie and screamed, "IF YOU'D LEFT YOUR BROTHER WITH ME HE'D STILL BE ALIVE!"
The little girl shrunk down and whimpered. Something in Superboy snapped and something connected. Wait…he'd called the woman Bella. The dead woman must be Quail! That's the murdered people's daughter! And their murderer just killed the baby, and nearly killed the older boy. He finally made the connection, but he snapped. HOW DARE SHE? How dare she kill this child's parents? How dare she kill her aunt? How dare she burn her brother? HOW DARE SHE BLAME THIS CHILD FOR IT ALL?
Superboy launched at her, not thinking about the boy he accidentally killed. The little quivering girl was the one of the only things on his mind. The other taking the heartless bitch down. But in a burst of flames…she was gone.
"Superboy!" a voice called.
He turned to see Megan flying towards him. She landed next to him and said, "They sent me to find you…WHAT HAPPENED?"
Superboy looked at Annemarie and then at Megan.
"Murder happened, Miss. M. Ruthless murder."