Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice
WASHINGTON, DC.
DECEMBER 30.
Press has gathered outside the Hall of Justice. From behind a lectern, Superman gives his speech. Everyone had gathered to introduce five new members of the Justice League: Doctor Fate, Atom, Plastic Man, Icon and Red Arrow.
Inside the Hall were seven young heroes and their newest team member Rocket watching Cat Grant reporting on the induction ceremony on the TV.
Wally spots Captain Marvel on the screen, "I'm glad they didn't kick Billy out. And I love the fact there's a ten year old on the team."
"There is?" asks Raquel.
Robin elbows Wally in the ribs, "OW!"
"Way to keep a secret genius," said Robin.
"Hey she's on the team now, right?"
Everyone turns back to the TV,
"Superman is now handing out official league membership cards, starting with Doctor Fate."
Dick looked down with a sad expression so Robin went over and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"…the Atom, Plastic man and Icon."
"You know I was the one who convinced Icon to join the league in the first place, I should be the one outside celebrating not hidden away in here," complained Raquel.
Kaldur smiled, "Welcome to our world."
"Well I suppose there is an upside too," said Raquel looking at Kaldur.
"… finally Green Arrow welcomes his former protégé Speedy, now known as Red Arrow to this roster of heroes."
"Way to go Roy!" cheered Wally.
"At last he has his wish."
"The first of us to make it, no-one will call him a sidekick anymore."
"Wait! Since when is being a sidekick a bad think? You sidekicks were my inspiration." Said Raquel.
"Well you see six months ago it-" began Robin just as her watch beeped.
SMOKEY MOUNTAINS, DECEMBER 30.
The team sit in the Bio-Ship on their way to the Smokey Mountains.
"Ar-are you sure it's her? I-I mean are you absolutely positive?" Artemis asked.
"See for yourself," replied Robin as she pulled up a holo-screen. "This is the security footage from the Ashfield Regional Airport."
The screen did a close up to 'Cheshire'. "Facial recognition confirms that's Jade Nguyen but you've seen her without her mask, what d'you think?"
"It's Jade, Cheshire," Artemis whispered the last part.
"Agreed but let's focus on what she carries," the screen zoomed up to the case, "is that the case you saw in New Orleans, the one that got away?" asked Aqualad.
"Yes."
Robin interrupts, "ok I'm guessing from the mug shot that this Cheshire is the bad guy? But what's so important about that case?"
"Remember the Injustice League?" Robin asked.
"And their giant, evil plants? Uhh yeah."
Aqualad continues, "The team and the league put them in prison but their allies still scheme. And whatever is in that containment case seems important to their plans."
"We had a chance to grab t in New Orleans but," Kid Flash turned to Artemis, "someone screwed up."
"Approaching Cheshire's jet," announced Miss Martian. Suddenly she gasped.
As did the rest of the team.
Artemis looked away.
The jet Cheshire was on had crashed.
"Looks like there were no survivors."
The team began looking around the crash site.
"How come Homeland Security and the NTSB aren't all over this?" Kid Flash asked.
"Cheshire's ID was a league alert authorities didn't pick it up and her jet didn't follow its flight plan, it flew under the radar-literally," explained Robin, "The watch-tower auto-tracked the jet and recored the crash."
"Then why isn't the league here?" asked Rocket.
"Because our Girl Wonder here arranged to get the alert first." Said Dick.
Robin stood proud.
"And because Cheshire and that case represent our unfinished business," stated Aqualad.
Superboy threw a piece of the plane and asked, "Why are the bodies?"
"Here's one," came a voice, "And it is stunning."
Artemis smiled. Her sister was alive.
The Riddler began a riddle whilst a force field (?) was put up.
"Come on you can get this; I am shrubbery not grass, what am I? … I…" hinted Riddler.
"Ambush." Finished Robin.
The Riddler carried on with his 'speech'.
Kaldur orders the team to attack.
"Ekahs siht ebolgwons!" {Shake this snowglobe!} Dick chants.
The team begin to fight the group of mercenaries with Apokoliptan weaponry. Superboy put on the last of his shields and began to take out the pylons.
Artemis fights Cheshire.
"Just like old times, dad pitting us against each other," Cheshire taunts.
One mercenary stuns Rocket with an energy disk; Aqualad goes to her aid and absorbs the energy. Mammoth attacks Superboy before he can destroy more pylons.
Superboy punches Mammoth and flies up to the top of the force field.
"SB you're flying!"[Robin]
Mammoth was thrown to the top and got electrocuted. As he falls Superboy attacks him with heat vision, not long after Superboy punches Mammoth at a sped that would envy The Flash. Oblivious to the fact that his punches were creating an avalanche of snow and rocks.
Cheshire pushed Artemis out the way, "Ok fine we're sisters, I don't actually want you dead."
Artemis stood up and to find Cheshire had disappeared but the case hadn't.
Robin threw a smoke grenade at the Riddler and Shimmer. She tied shimmer up and knocked her out. Robin turns to the Riddler.
"Tekcajtiarts!" {Straightjacket!} Dick shouts and a straightjacket appears on the Riddler.
"No, no, I'm not the straightjacket type, I am strictly Belle-Reve not Arkham," cried the Riddler as he struggled with the binds and fell over.
"Gag mih!" {Gag him!} Dick sighed.
Realising it was still snowing Dick sighed again, "Hguone htiw eht ebolgwons." {Enough with the snow globe.}
"Is it always like this?" Raquel asked.
"Yeah, pretty much," replied Dick
MOUNT JUSTICE,
DECEMBER 30.
"Tell me if this sounds familiar: you hacked League systems, disobeyed protocol and endangered your lives?" asked Batman, "And your initiative resulted in the capture of two escaped villains proving Warden Strange runs Bell-Reve as a cover for criminal activity," then he smiled, "Well done."
The team was shocked.
"Then there's this," Batman looked the case, "Bio-technology integrated with some form of Nano-circuitry."
"Though I am unfamiliar with this species, the bio-component is clearly not of earth," stated Icon.
Batman closed the case and walked over to the Zeta-Beam with it, "We'll take it to the Watch-Tower for further study."
Robin turned to the team, "You realise we were set up."
"Yes, Cheshire and Riddler were 'tipped' and ready for us," said Kaldur.
Artemis placed her hand to her temple, "Not the mole-thing again."
"The mole-thing, again?" Raquel squeaked.
"We had Intel that there was a traitor on the team," Wally answered.
Superboy interrupted, "mainly Artemis, M'gann and me."
Kaldur interjected placing a hand on Conner shoulder, "it is more complicated than that."
Conner brushes his hand off.
"But your recent behaviour does concern me, your attack on mammoth nearly got Artemis killed."
Suddenly Superboy doubled over and clutched his head in pain.
When it had passed he turned to the team, "There's something I need to do, there's something I need to tell you."
Superboy began to explain that half of his DNA came from Luthor and that he has used Luthor's Shields to suppress his human DNA and obtain full Kryptonian powers.
Following Superboy's confession, Artemis fessed up. She revealed to the Team that her mother used to be known as Huntress, and Sportsmaster and Cheshire are her father and sister.
"That's why?" asked Wally.
"Yeah, I was so desperate make sure none of you found out."
"I knew," said Robin, "Hey I'm a detective but it never mattered, you aren't your family, you're one of us."
Artemis smiled.
Wally walked over and put his arm on her shoulder and joked, "Who's next?"
"I am," said M'gann.
"I swear I was kidding."
M'gann told the team her secret. Then she transformed into her true form. Robin subconsciously placed a protective arm in front of Dick.
SANTA PRISCA
DECEMBER 30
"Guys, reinforcement time" [Artemis]
Rocket flew over Artemis' head and picked up a guy and dumped him in a tree.
Kid Flash ran in and took out some of Bane's men.
Bane triggers his Venom injector and attacks, while Aqualad tries to stop Luthor leaving. Mercy takes him down with one shot.
Robin began to take out more of Bane's men with her bird-a-rangs.
"Emoks [sic] dna srorrim!" {Smoke and mirrors!} Dick chanted just as Robin was about to throw a bird-a-rang.
The man's gun turned into a snake.
"Egnahc sehtolc otni sgnidnib!" {Change clothes into bindings!}
Just as the snake turned into a rope Bane pushed Robin and Dick to the ground.
Dick woke up to find Robin slammed into a helicopter by Bane.
"Etaerc Nibor snoisulli!" {Create Robin illusions!} Shouted Dick.
Robin, with the Robin illusions ran towards Bane, "You gotta love…"
"An army…"
"Of me!"
Whilst Bane was distracted by the illusions the real Robin cut his Venom line and shocked him.
Kid Flash (holding his new souvenir) and Artemis walk back to the group.
"It is always like this!" Rocket marvelled.
"Told ya!" replied Dick.
"Hey disaster averted, feeling the aster!" beamed Robin.
Dick smiled 'down' at her- he was about an inch taller but not that it made much of a difference.
"Agreed, this has been a good day," said Aqualad.
Little did the team know that the league had just been enslaved by Vandal Savage (and Roy).
Ok- bad ending but I hope you liked it. And I'm really sorry for not updating last weekend but my teachers obviously do not know the meaning of a social life (or in my case fanfiction life) and decided to give me three assessment this week that I had to study for and loads of homework tasks.
OH! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REVIEWED!
-Chalant-writer3