You're A Superhero Now Gabriel
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Supernatural/Young Justice
SUMMERY: We blow up Cadmus and form a team known as the Teen Titans.
NOTES: I will never try to predict how long it will be until my next update again. It took way longer than a week to start writing this. I am so sorry.
WARNINGS: Superboy gets called stupid, Gabe yells at him, and other stuff happens.
Firework by Katy Perry
Washington D.C. – Cadmus
July 5, 2013 – 00:01 EDT
"Time runs short. You must awaken. You must awaken now!"
Archangel and his three companions woke up handcuffed in a tube like the one they found Superboy in. When Archangel looked down he saw Superboy standing and staring at the four of them. His eyes were so intense and non-blinking that he could possibly survive an encounter with those things from that sci-fi show about a time traveling British guy. Why is he staring? I know I'm handsome, but he doesn't have to stare. …He's still not blinking. This is creepy.
"What? What-What do you want?" KF asked as Superboy stood like a statue. "Quit staring. It's creeping me out." Couldn't have said it better myself, but – "Kid, I don't think it's a good idea to piss off the guy who could fry you with a look." Thank you, Robin. "We only sought to help you." Aqualad said to the clone. "Yeah. We free you, and you turn on us. How's that for-" Kid Flash spat at him. "Put a sock in it, Kid," Archangel scolded, "Those genomorph things are everywhere, have telepathy, and were created by mad scientists. For all we know Soup Man Jr didn't have any control over his actions."
"Wha-What if I… What if I wasn't?" the clone of Superman spoke. Dramatic gasp. We see him open its eyes for the first time, take his first steps, and now we hear his first words. If these were completely different circumstances I would cry. Our crazy violent baby is growing up. "He can talk?" Way to ruin the moment, Wally. "Yes, he can." Superboy growled. "Not like I said It." Kid Flash defended.
"The genomorphs taught you telepathically?" Aqualad asked. "They taught me much. I can read, write, I-I know the names of things." Superboy told them. "But have you ever actually seen any of those things? Or experienced them?" Robin asked, "Have they ever let you out of your pod and see the sun? Or even the sky?" Even if the answer was obviously "no," one of them had to question the clone about that. "Images are implanted into my mind, but no. I have not seen them." Superboy answered.
"Do you know what you are? Who you are?" Aqualad asked him. "I am the Superboy," the clone told them, "A Genomorph. A clone made from the DNA of the Superman. Created to replace him should he perish, and to destroy him if he shall turn from the light." The four looked worriedly at each other.
…That was dramatic.
"To be like Superman is a worthy aspiration. But like Superman you deserve a life of your own beyond that solar suit. Beyond your pod. Beyond Cadmus." Aqualad told him. It was at that moment where the Superboy angrily screamed, "I live because of Cadmus! It is my home!" "Your home is a test tube, stupid!" Archangel yelled, shocking the three other heroes, "Home is a building with walls, doors, and voices arguing over something as stupid as the TV remote. Home is where you can go to the kitchen in nothing but your underwear to get a breakfast burrito at four in the morning. Home is the place where after a long day you are happy to return to. Home is where, despite its imperfections, you love because home is where family is!" He paused before calmly concluding with, "Home is not a pod hidden in an underground facility where the people who supposedly care about you see you as nothing more than a weapon they plan on using one day."
I know what you guys are thinking, but for Christ sake! You try leaving the first home you ever knew because your brothers were fighting, Dad left, and all your siblings declared war on each other! Why do you think I left Heaven! You should also try having your dad send you to a universe you know nothing about and being forced to live with a stranger. I love Barry and the Pagans were great, but I still miss the gardens and Dad and my brothers.
"What my friend means to say," Aqualad said a lot calmer than Gabriel, "is that there is life beyond Cadmus. We can show you the sun, introduce you to Superman, and provide you a life better than the one Cadmus has given you." "Actually I think it's after midnight, but we can show you the moon." Said Kid Flash. For a second, it seemed like Superboy was considering what they said, until Desmond, Guardian, and a few other scientists came in. "No, they can't. Activate the cloning process."
""Pass. Batcave's already crowded."
"One Kid Flash is bad enough."
"Hey."
"Get the weapon back in its pod!" Desmond ordered, ignoring the prisoners. "How come he gets to call Supey an it?" KF asked no one in particular. Guardian walked up to Superboy to escort him away. "Help us." Aqualad pleaded. Superboy pulled his arm away from the gold helmet wearing man. "Don't start thinking now" Desmond told Superboy. A genomorph leaped onto the clone's shoulder and hissed, making the clone return to his robotic like state. "See, you're not a real boy." said the crazy doctor, "You're a weapon, and you belong to me! Well, to Cadmus. Same thing. Now get back to your pod!" The clone did as commanded.
The best way to describe what happened next was that Superboy not-so-dramatically exited, the doors closed, a woman in a lab coat pressed some buttons, and the Three Musketeers and I got electrocuted. We screamed in pain. Why would they need to electrocute us for DNA?! If Cadmus wanted to make the cloning process as painful as possible, they could've at least given us lollipops before the torture. Lollipops make everything better.
(2 Minutes Later)
The door was broken down, we weren't being tortured anymore, Superboy just sent those guys flying, and I still don't have a lollipop. Was anybody else expecting this?
"Don't give me orders."
The clone walked up to the pods Kid Flash, Robin, Aqualad and Archangel were in. "You here to help us or fry us?" Kid Flash asked. Don't tempt him Wally. He squinted his blue eyes then said, "I don't seem to have heat vision, so I suppose helping is my only option." Robin then escaped the pod he was in. "Finally! It's a good thing Batman isn't here. He'd have my head for taking so long." "Seriously? That's what you're worried about? The whole League is going to have our heads after this." Kid Flash exclaimed. "It's nice to see where your priorities lie Rob," Gabriel called out.
"Free Aqualad," Robin told Superboy, "I'll get Kid Mouth and Feather Head." "Actually," Archangel said as he teleported out of his pod, "I'll get them. You two get out." "You don't give me orders either." said Superboy as he released Aqualad and KF.
"You'll never get out of here," yelled Dumbass (I mean Desmond), "I'll have you back in pods by morning!" "You mean those pods?" Archangel asked as he snapped his fingers, making giant ladybugs destroy the pods. Robin looked, still running with a WTF look on his face. The only logical explanation the angel could come up with was "I've been watching too much TV."
As every genomorph in Cadmus was being activated, the sidekicks plus Superboy ran. "We are still 42 levels below ground, but if we can make the elevator-" Aqualad was cut off when the team heard growling from the end of the hall. They all stopped when they saw the genomorphs and noticed the ones behind them hatching out of their glowing red eggs.
Superboy screamed and punched one of them in the face. Even after one of them managed to pin him to the floor with its fist he was still to able to clobber them all. "Superboy!" Aqualad yelled "The goal is to escape not bury ourselves here." "YOU WANT ESCAPE?" the Boy of Steel screamed. He then threw one of the giant genomorphs at two others causing them to all to fall down, clearing the way for everyone.
The Hulk vs Superboy: Who smashes and yells cooler?
Aqualad pried open the elevator doors. Robin shot his grappling gun, Kid Flash latched on to Archangel and Superboy leaped into the air as he held on to Aqualad. All was going well until Superboy started falling. On the bright side, Aqualad caught on to a Batarang Robin threw. "Superman can fly. Why can't I fly?" Disappointment and sadness transparent in his words.
"Don't know," responded Kid Flash, "but it looks like you can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Still cool." Superboy frowned. "Don't worry about it," chimed Archangel, "It's still the first episode. I heard Superman didn't learn how to fly until the end of his ten year TV series."
"Guys, this will have to be our exit." Robin said, an elevator speeding down above him. The door broke with a loud thud revealing a floor with a dozen genomes. The five young men ran.
"Turn left" a voice in Superboy's head said. "Turn right" the voice said this time.
Turn left he said. Turn right he said. It'll be fun he said. Thank you so much Superboy for making us reach a dead end.
"Great directions, Supey. You trying to get us re-podded?"
"No. I, I don't understand."
"Don't apologize. This is perfect!"
"Ah, at this rate, we'll never get out." Kid Flash said annoyed, pushing one of Gabe's wings out of his face. Really Robin? Crawl through the vents? That was your flawless idea? "Shh. Listen." whispered Superboy. In the distance you could hear the majestic sound of a genomorph shrieking. Its sound even more beautiful than a cat in the dishwasher. Outside the vents, in the men's bathroom, you could hear the sound of a mad scientist finding out that the Boy Wonder hacked the motion sensors, causing him to momentarily get attacked.
"Still plenty of them between us and out, but Angel and I finally got room to move." Kid Flash and Archangel sped onto the stairway, knocking down every genomorph in their way. "There's more behind us." Robin said. As if on cue, Superboy used his super strength to destroy any stair behind them.
Red lights and alarms went off and the door closed. Aqualad and Superboy attempted to pry the door open. Robin tried to hack it open. The five ended up going through a different door when they saw the giant genomorphs behind them. After going through the other way, there were even more genomorphs. Big ones, small ones, and Guardian was there too.
Epic stand off? Really? Why didn't I try to open the door? I feel like that's a plot hole. Why… am I… sleepy?
Why would you drink a magic potion that you knew would turn you into a monster? You didn't have to change your appearance Desmond. We think you look ugly just the way you are. What kind of a name is Blockbuster anyway? It sounds like the kind of name a villain from a 1980's video game would have.
The now mutated Desmond went up against Superboy. It was a pretty even match. They both got some good punches in and managed to bust through the ceiling. Great job guys. Break the ceiling. "Do you think lab coat planned that?" asked Kid Flash. "I doubt he is planning anything anymore" answered Aqualad.
When Kid Flash, Aqualad, Archangel and Robin got up to the fight, Superboy was thrown at them, knocking KF and Sea Boy down like bowling pins.
Time for a fight. Cue dramatic instrumental background music.
Kid Flash ran straight for Blockbuster and slid under his legs. Distracted, Superboy, Archangel and Aqualad punched him, causing him to fall over Kid Flash. "I learned that one in kindergarten." Kid Flash announced proudly. Robin jumped over the speedster and threw three birdarangs at Blockbuster.
Superboy took on the monster once again and got punched multiple times because of it. Archangel pulled out his angel blade, attempting to use it on the beast, but Blockbuster saw him and sent him through the concrete. …Everybody hit the concrete actually. The experience can be described in one word, "ow."
"KF! Angel, get over here!" yelled Robin. Robin told his winged and red haired friends his idea. "Got it?" he asked. "Got it" they answered.
Archangel flew in front of Blockbuster, punched him in the face, and held up a piece of what could be flesh. "Got your nose." He piggy backed himself onto the monster as it began to chase Kid Flash, who was making funny faces at him. "Come and get me you Incredible Bulk!"
Robin told his plan to the remaining two heroes as Blockbuster chased Kid Flash and Archangel. With the mutated Desmond distracted, Superboy and Aqualad destroyed two of the pillars.
KF lured Blockbuster to the center of the hall, where Aqualad spread his water. Superboy then knocked him out, Aqualad electrocuted him, and the last of the pillars were destroyed, causing the building to collapse. Archangel and Superboy shielded them all.
Archangel breaks out first, pushing the piece of wall lying on top of them. They're all okay aside from bruising and possible dislocated bones. It's a good thing the list of Gabriel's powers include healing though. Their clothes on the other hand aren't so lucky.
"We… did it." Aqualad said breathily. "Was there ever any doubt?" Robin replied also breathing heavily. He and Kid Flash high fived, but cringed at the pain that came the second they did.
"See? The moon." Kid Flash told Superboy, pointing to the moon. Just when he said that, all of them looked up and saw not just Superman but the entire Justice League fall from the sky.
I can almost hear the background music.
Superboy walked up to the Man of Steel and showed him the S symbol on the chest of his solar suit. Superman's reaction: beep… beeb… beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep…
"Is that what I think it is?" Batman asked. "He doesn't like being called an it." Kid Flash warned. "I'm Superman's clone!" Superboy confessed. That turned the League's heads pretty quickly.
Really? A team full of superheroes, some of them being aliens and robots, and a clone is shocking to you?
"Start talking." Batman commanded.
We got mad at you for not letting us join you for the Sun mission, so Robin hacked the computer at the Hall – which you should've known he wouldn't take long doing since apparently it's the same as the Batcave – and found out about Cadmus.
We went, put out the fire and I found out how tight KF's costume fabric is. I also think that Kid and I should talk about that, because what does that make us now?
After that Mermaid Man, Condiment Boy, and Bird Brain and I went down an elevator which revealed a secret underground laboratory filled with these weird psychic-dino-things called genomorphs. We eventually found out about this thing called Project Kr and went to investigate. We found Superman Jr in a pod, released him, and then he attacked us. We got knocked out within five minutes to be honest.
After I don't know how long, the four of us woke up in pods and tried to talk Superboy in to releasing us. It probably would've worked if Dr. Desmond, the giant monster over there, hadn't shown up and attempted to clone us through electrocution. Why would they need to do it that way? Isn't all you need to clone a person DNA? They could've just cut off some hair or an arm and a leg. The blood loss would kill anybody.
After three miserable minutes of shock therapy Superboy showed up screaming and freed us. I also destroyed the pods with overgrown ladybugs, so you might have to check if they are still down there. We ran, fought some gnomes, and then Desmond showed up, and drank a magic potion that turned him into a monster called Blockbuster. Like that place where people would rent movies before Netflix existed. We fought the guy, Robin came up with a plan that involved having the ceiling collapse, when finally you guys showed up, Superboy announced that he was Superman's clone, and Batman asked for an explanation on why we blew up Cadmus.
After being told the story about how they ended up there, Blockbuster was taken away and the founding members of the League discussed what to do with the sidekicks. Superman walked up to Superboy, said that they, the Justice League, will figure something out for him and flew off with the most awkward goodbye possible.
"Cadmus will be investigated. All fifty-two levels. But let's make one thing clear-" Batman was saying before Flash interrupted him. "You should've called!" Flash stated. "End results aside," Batman continued, "we are not happy. You hacked Justice League systems, disobeyed direct orders and endangered lives. You will not be doing this again."
"I am sorry, but we will." Aqualad said. "Aqualad, stand down." Aquaman ordered. "Apologies my king, but no. We did good work here tonight. What we did here is what you trained us to do. On our own we forged a team like yours." Aqualad stated. "If this is about your treatment at the hall the four of you-" Flash was saying before Kid cut him off. "The five of us and it's not."
"Batman, Flash, Aquaman, we're ready to use what you taught us. Isn't this the job we signed up for? Saving people. Catching bad guys." Archangel asked. "Why let them tell us what to do?" Superboy asked stubbornly. "It's simple. Get on board or get out of the way." "We're not kids and we're not just sidekicks." Robin said.
The five heroes stood before their elders. "Give me three days." Batman told them.
Three Days Later
Mount Justice
July 8, 2013 – 08:04 EDT
Three days passed when Flash told them the League came to a verdict. When they zeta-beamed to Mount Justice, everybody, minus the Justice League, were wearing civilian clothes. Even Superboy was wearing something other than is solar suit. Batman gave a brief history lesson about the cave they were in once they all arrived.
We already know this used to be the Justice League's old club house. It's also the same place where you held me prisoner in a bubble.
"Since you five are determined to stay together and fight the good fight, we're putting the cave into use again Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor and Black Canary is in charge of training. I will deploy you on missions." Batman told them. "Real missions?" Robin asked. "Yes, but covert and only on Justice League terms." The Dark Knight answered. "The adults will handle the obvious stuff. There's a reason we have these big targets in our chests." Flash smiled.
"Cadmus has proven that the bad guys are getting smarter. We need a team that can operate on the sly." Aquaman told them. "The six of you will be that team." Batman concluded.
This is great. Wait, six?
The five of them turned around to see a smiling, green skinned girl with red hair.
Oh, crap.
"This is the Martian Manhunter's niece. Miss Martian." Batman told them. "Hi." she said.
"I'm liking this gig more every minute." You would. "Welcome aboard. I'm Kid Flash. That's Robin, Aqualad, the one with the wings is Gabriel, and Superboy's the frowning one. It's cool if you forget their names." "I'm honored to be included." she smiled.
They all walked up to greet her except for Superboy and Archangel. Superboy because within his three days of freedom he learned that he is antisocial and needs to stop sleeping in closets. The only antisocial, back haired, blue eyed person that really needs to get out of there wears a trench coat. Superboy does not wear a trench coat. Gabriel, despite being a warm and welcoming living being, didn't walk up because he needed to process the fact that Miss Martian looked just like his sister. …But green.
"Come on you two, say hi to Miss M." Robin called. They walked over and Miss Martian changed the color of her shirt to look like the black one Superboy was wearing. "I like your shirt" she told him shyly. She then turned to Gabriel and said, "Your wings look really cool too." Noticing the look he had she then asked "Is something wrong?" "Nothing," he responded with a grin. Just that you look like a green version of Anna.
"Today is the day." Aqualad stated.
I'm sorry about taking more than a week to update. I got distracted by a bunch of stuff and slacked off. But on the bright side, it didn't take me a year to write this chapter. I also saw the new Ghostbusters and Star Trek. They were both good, I recommend seeing them. There were also a couple of Comic Cons in my city that I went to. I got confused for a cosplayer at both of them, but I did get an autograph and some really cool stuff.
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WildRosa13474: Thank you and I actually think somebody wrote a story like that.
Ki guy: He probably could, but I don't think he would want to change vessels. Yes, he is still really powerful.
Angelis-of-night: Thanks.
Charlie-BADWOLF: I'M SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO UPDATE!
Pichuchibi: You're right about the conversation thing. Thanks for liking the costume though. When I was trying to think of one a gladiator helmet would always pop up. Don't be too upset about Castiel by the way, I already have an idea for how he meets Dean. As for Balthazar, let's just say for now that he's currently partying in the Marvel Universe with Tony Stark and trying to lift Thor's hammer.
Guest: If you mean like the kind of magic Zatana does, probably but he prefers using his grace more. I'm also pretty sure that he would have a heart attack if he saw Kent Nelson. He's met him in the Supernatural universe and it did not go well.
Daughter of Ironman06: Thank you.
ShiroHollow96: Thanks. Like I told Pichuchibi, Dean and Cas will make an appearance and I already have an idea on how they're going to meet. I honestly don't think I'm gonna write somebody for Gabriel. I don't have anything against shipping him with Sam or anybody, I just don't see it happening in this story. At least not yet. Maybe he'll meet his own version of Gwen Stacy, but the relationship would just be platonic. I don't know. There will be Destiel in future chapters (possibly 30), but it will be more of a subplot and then maybe (SPOILER).
Princessbinas: Maybe, or maybe it will involve Gabe getting blackmailed by Booger, showing up on the TV wearing a fake mustache, and confessing to never watching Downtown Abbey.
Guest 2: Thank you and don't worry about Castiel. He will show up. It won't be until a long time, but he'll show up.
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What about Supernatural Season 12 are you most excited for? Who wants a Young Justice Season 3? What would you want to see in them? Lastly, what are your thoughts on Anna's counterpart being Miss Martian? I wanted Gabe to have somebody he would recognize on the team and Anna/Miss M seemed like a good fit. They both have red hair, like pie, know how to kick ass, have a ton of siblings, and ran away to Earth.