Rock the League: Young Justice!
Chapter 2: The Team.
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1. So I realize I fucked up with the pairing last chapter. I put both Arrowette and Artemis, and the Team doesn't need two archers. I'm taking Artemis out since I already have Arrowette, but if you guys think of someone for Wally let me know!
2. Yes, we will still be seeing Goku and Karen together in this story since it is canon to my other story. This is just set a year or two into the future.
3. I may write a Teen Titans fic sometime in the future, but not anytime soon. Writing two stories is already hard enough as it is.
4. Gohan's appearance? Imagine Cell Games Gohan wearing a black version of Superboy's white solar suit. And his fighting clothes? Basically a white version of piccolo's training clothes with a black belt. You see the opposite, yet close feeling I'm going for with Superboy and Gohan?
5. Physically and in power, Shazam (I'll refer to him as Captain Marvel in this story) is the strongest on the team. Then comes Superboy in strength. Gohan is second in power but third in strength next to Wonder Girl. Captain Marvel is ahead of everyone because he's more experienced and has had more training than anyone on the team.
6. Also, to the person who made the comment about the Saiyans and being with blondes, excellent observation! But there is no pattern to this. It's just that I like the pairings. For the record, this is canon too, Vegeta and Karen were never a thing on Earth 2. Vegeta and Wonder Woman were actually together before they both died to Darkseid. So there's a spoiler to any Earth 2 arc I do for Huntress and Power Girl on my other story!
[Cadmus Lab, Somewhere Underground]
'Wake up young ones.'
Kid Flash groaned as he heard a voice in his head.
'You're time has not come yet. So wake up!'
Apparently he wasn't the only one hearing the voice, as he could hear Robin and Wonder Girl reacting as well.
Slowly opening his eyes, the young speedster winced at the splitting headache that he suddenly found himself with. Looking around, he found that he, along with the other sidekicks were trapped in containment pods. He tried moving, but he was cuffed into place, not even vibrating his movements worked.
"Kid?" He turned to Arrowette, seeing her and the others waking up as well.
"Is everyone okay?" Aqualad asked, struggling against his restraints, but getting no results as well.
"Just dandy, except for being locked up some sort of prison!" Robin retorted.
"Uh, guys? We're not alone." Wonder Girl nodded her head forward.
As the team of sidekicks looked forwards, they were shocked to see the very people who put them there. The two boys from before, the ones they tried to free, but turned against them. Both clones were staring them down, not even moving an inch.
"What do you two want?" Kid Flash asked irritatedly.
The Superman clone only narrowed his eyes, while the Dragon Fist clone just gave a blank glare.
"Can you please stop staring at me? It's creeping me out!" Wally lashed out, but his outburst didn't even phase the two in the slightest.
"Hey Kid, how about you not piss off the two guys that just beat us senseless?" Robin suggested half-humorously, a hidden lock pick raising from his glove.
A moment of silence went by before Aqualad broke the ice with the two clones.
"We only sought to free you." He stated calmly.
"Yeah, we free you two and this is how you repay us?"
"Wally, shut up. Please." Wonder Girl shot him a glare.
"Besides, I don't think our friends here were in their right minds." Kaldur offered the clones a chance to speak.
"Wh-What if…" The clone of Goku tried to get out before the Superman clone interrupted.
"What if we weren't?"
"Woah, they can talk?" Kid asked obliviously.
Arrowette and Wonder Girl could only glare at the red head. If looks could hurt, their glares would've knocked the speed force out of him.
"Yes. THEY can." The Superman clone clenched his fist aggressively.
Kid Flash looked at his friends, seeing their glares. "What? It's not like I called them an 'it'!"
Aqualad used this moment to learn about the clones and try to get them to break him and the others out of here.
"The Genomorphs taught you. Telepathically." He assumed.
"They taught us much. How to read, write, the names of things."
"Have these people even let you see the sky? The sun?" Robin asked, taking this as a way to buy time instead of seeing things from Aqualad's mindset.
"They… Put images of things into our heads." The half Saiyan finished in a low tone.
"We haven't seen any of these things." The Superman clone looked away, somewhat embarrassed that he didn't have what these teenagers had.
"Do either of you even know what you are? Who you are?" Kaldur asked.
"I am Superboy! A Genomorph. Clone of the Superman. I was created to replace him, should he ever stray away from 'The Light'." The Superman clone, now known as Superboy stated proudly.
"What about you?" Cassie asked the Saiyan clone curiously.
"Me?" The second clone thought for a second, before answering.
"I am The Dragon Breath. A Genomorph as well. A clone of the hero, Dragon Fist. My objective is the same as Superboy's. Should Dragon Fist ever turn, I am to eliminate him and take his place." He said firmly.
This the team look at each other in worry, the League had to know about this.
"To be like Superman and Dragon Fist are admirable aspirations, but like the both of them, you both deserve to live your lives freely." Aqualad stated.
"Your lives are worth living beyond those suits. Those pods. Beyond Cadmus." Arrowette chimed in, knowing the value of life all too well.
"We live because of Cadmus! They are the reason we are here!" Superboy argued.
"This is our home…" Dragon Breath looked down.
"Dude, your home is a test tube. We can show you what the outside world looks like. We can show you the sun." Robin countered.
"Well, its past midnight so we couldn't show you now, but we can show you the moon!" Kid Flash grinned.
"We can show you, introduce you to Superman."
"And Dragon Fist!" Wonder Girl and Aqualad promised.
This made the two surrogate brothers look at each other for a moment in contemplation. Before they could speak their decision, though, Dr. Desmond and Guardian made themselves known.
"No, I don't think they will." The scientist smirked as he walked into the room.
"They'll be too busy for that, activate the cloning process." He commanded to his worker.
"Pass! The Batcave is crowded enough as it is." Robin retorted, almost getting himself out of his bindings, he just needed a few more minutes.
"Yeah, plus there's already enough Flashes as it is now!" Wally joked.
"Put the weapons back in their containment pods." Desmond ordered Guardian, to which the helmeted man followed, walking over to the two clones.
As he put a hand on each of their shoulders, Superboy and Dragon Breath looked at the sidekicks.
"Help us." Aqualad pleaded.
Superboy shook away from Guardian's grasp, while Dragon Breath continued to stare at the young heroes.
"You're not allowed to start thinking now." Desmond walked by, allowing two small Genomorphs to jump on the boys' shoulders.
The two clones' minds then went blank, returning them to their mindless selves.
"Neither of you are real boys. You're both weapons, and you belong to me! So get back to your pods, now!"
"Hey, don't talk to them like they aren't people." Arrowette shouted, struggling to get out of her cuffs again.
"Yeah, this isn't Pinocchio! Let them do what they want!" Kid Flash agreed.
Desmond just ignored them, signaling to the person at the control panel to start the cloning sequence.
Metal arms with prongs at the end of them rose from the bottom of the containment pods, injecting multiple needles into the young heroes, and giving a shock. As this was happening, their DNA was simultaneously being drawn from their bodies and put into tubes at the bottom of their pods.
Under all of the pain he was undergoing, Aqualad found the strength to whisper their new friend's names.
"Superboy. Dragon Breath. We need your help, hurry."
As the two clones walked back to their pods in silence, Aqualads voice came into their heads.
"You two can have a much better life outside of Cadmus. You both have the potential to help people. To help the world, with us! But not if we're killed. So please, help us!"
This seemed to break the two boys out of their trans. Looking at each other, they knew what they had to do.
Just when the sidekicks had given up hope, a loud CRASH was heard at the other side of the room. As Dr. Desmond and Guardian looked back, they were surprised to see the two clones.
Superboy was lifting the door to the lab, while Dragon Breath ran forward, blasting Desmond and Guardian to the side with dual energy blasts. Blasting the control panel, Dragon Breath put a stop to the cloning process. This gave Superboy the chance to jump up and break Aqualad from his pod.
"Thank you." Kaldur said through heavy breaths, only to receive a nod from Superboy.
Cassie was able to break out on her own, freeing Arrowette as soon as she could. Robin was also able to break himself out, landing on his feet, he turned to Dragon Breath.
"Get Kid Mouth! I'll take care of the cloning tubes."
To this, the young half Saiyan pointed his hands at Kid Flash, making them glow yellow.
"Wait!" Wonder Girl stopped him, putting her arm in front of him.
"You'll hurt him if you do it that way! Do it like this." She said, flying up to the pod and breaking the glass with her fists. Breaking the cuffs, she slowly brought Wally to the ground to give him a moment to breath.
"I'm sorry." She heard him quietly speak. Turning to him, she could see the guilt on his face. Giving a sigh, she couldn't be angry, knowing that he meant well.
"It's fine! Let's just get out of here!"
"That's the plan!" Robin shouted as he threw multiple batarangs at the cloning chambers, with a few beeps the small projectiles exploded, destroying any possibility of being cloned.
Dr. Desmond groaned as he picked himself up. He scowled, watching the sidekicks get away. "Activate every Genomorph in the facility." He ordered to the little monster on his shoulder.
As the young heroes ran down the corridor towards the elevator, being chased by giant Genomorphs, Kid Flash pointed out the obvious.
"So uh, we're fifty-two floors underground and the elevator isn't here yet, what do we do?"
"Easy!" Robin pointed to the open elevator shaft. "We go up."
Just before the group reached the elevator, they stopped upon hearing Superboy's yells. Looking back, they saw him wailing on several large Genomorphs.
"Are you kidding me? This dude is way more aggressive than Superman." Kid Flash complained.
"Superboy! Our objective is to escape, not bring the entire place down on ourselves." Aqualad called to the clone.
"You want escape!?" He yelled back, piling up the giant Genomorphs so that they blocked the path between the teenagers and the rest of the Genomorphs.
This gave the group the chance to get to the elevator without worrying about being chased for the moment. Using his grapple gun, Robin began to lift himself up.
Wonder Girl grabbed Arrowette and flew up behind Robin.
Superboy looked at Dragon Breath with a nod before taking Aqualad and flying behind Wonder Girl and Robin, surprising himself with Superman's ability of flight.
Dragon Breath looked at Kid Flash, holding out his hand.
Wally stared for a moment in hesitation, until he heard the Genomorphs getting closer.
"Just be careful with me big guy!" He grabbed on.
With a nod, Dragon Breath took a squatting stance, before jumping into the air. Just as the two were catching up with the others, they stopped ascending, and began falling.
"You promised you'd be careful!" Kid Flash screamed as he clung on for dear life.
"I thought I could fly!" The other boy yelled back.
Before they could both go splat, however, the two were caught by Superboy and Wonder Girl.
"We've got you." Cassie smiled, holding the clone up by his arms.
"Thank God you can fly Supes!" Wally humorously hugged the cloned boy.
"Keep that up and I'll drop you." He said with a blank expression.
"But… Superboy can fly, and so can Dragon Fist. Why can't I?" Dragon Breath wondered to himself as he and Wally were lifted up to the upper levels.
Topside, the teens regrouped with each other. With the group back together, they took off running down the hallway, not wanting to get jumped by any Genomorphs.
It was when they were running that a familiar voice came to Superboy and Dragon Breath's heads.
'Turn left brothers.'
They spent a moment wondering where the voice was coming from, but decided that it could wait until later.
"Turn left!" Superboy shouted.
"Left!" Robin repeated to the group.
Everyone turned left, leading them down another hallway. As they ran passed more hallways, more Genomorphs seemed to be popping up out of nowhere, prompting them to run faster.
'Turn right.' The voice spoke again.
"Right!" Dragon Breath called out.
As the teenagers made a right turn, they ran into a dead end.
"A dead end? You're not doing this on purpose are you?" Kid Flash blamed Superboy before Robin intervened.
"Guys, it's okay! Look!" He grinned, pointing to a vent entrance on the wall.
After hacking the Cadmus systems, Robin and the others were able to give Dr. Desmond the slip. Coming to the door that would lead them to the main floor, the group was stopped by Guardian and an army of Genomorphs.
It was then that the group was surrounded by Genomorphs. Getting ready to defend themselves, the young heroes got into a fighting formation, only to drop unconscious. All except Superboy and Dragon Breath.
The two looked around, still being surrounded, but nothing was happening.
'Perhaps for the betterment of our brothers, we should let these two decide their own fate.' Double X said telepathically.
'It was you!' Both Genomorph clones thought, their heads snapping up in surprise.
'Yes. I cause the fire here at Cadmus and lured your new friends here. I awoke them when they were in danger.'
'And guided us here.' Dragon Breath finished.
'Why?' Superboy asked.
'Because you are our hope. The two of you are the key to setting the Genomorphs free from Cadmus.' Double X explained.
The Genomorph that was controlling Guardian jumped off his shoulder, freeing his mind from Desmond's control.
"Ugh, what happened?" He asked himself, seeing the sidekicks to his own surprise.
'What is your choice, brothers?' Double X asked.
'We… Choose… Freedom!' The two thought in sync.
At this, Double X called of the rest of the Genomorphs just as the rest of the group began picking themselves up.
"Guardian?" Aqualad asked, not sure whether the hero was in his right mind or not.
"Go." Was the man's response.
"I'll deal with Desmond."
"Will you now?" A group of Genomorphs split to reveal Dr. Desmond holding a tube with some weird liquid substance.
"Project Blockbuster will give me the power to restore order at Cadmus." He claimed, drinking the substance.
Before everyone's eyes, he began to change. His eyes glowed red, his skin tore off to reveal rugged gray skin, and he grew in size, gaining a lot of muscle in the process. With a roar, he smirked the heroes, this would be fun.
"Everyone, back!" Guardian commanded, rushing the monster, only to get back handed into the wall.
Superboy followed up, giving a yell as he socked Desmond in the face. This had little effect as the monster instantly hammer punched the clone to the ground. Raising his fist for another punch, he was stopped by an energy blast to the face. Looking up he found Dragon Breath pointing another ball of power at him.
With Desmond's attention averted, Superboy leaped up and uppercut him. This only served to piss him off some more, as he grabbed Superboy and tackled him through the ceiling, into the main lobby of the building.
"Well that's one way to get out of here." Arrowette joked. After a Genomorph gave her back her bow and quiver, she fired a grappling arrow to the top floor, followed by Robin and the others.
As everyone got to the main floor, they arrived to see Superboy getting man handle by Desmond.
Giving one last struggle, Superboy was able to free himself, but not before Desmond grabbed his leg and flung him into Aqualad.
As the teens regrouped, they stood in a line, facing the monster. It was as if they were the Justice League on the first day they were formed. It was a nostalgic feeling, one that none of them would forget.
Kid Flash rushed forward, glaring at the monster as he slid underneath his legs. Desmond had no time to focus on Wally, because once he looked forward he was double teamed by Superboy and Aqualad punching him in the face. The force of the attack sent him stumbling back, tripping over Kid Flash and into the ground.
"I learned that one in Kindergarten." Wally said proudly.
As Desmond picked himself up, Cassie's lasso wrapped itself around his arm, pulling him forward. As neared her, Wonder Girl reared back and punch him into the air. Dragon Breath jumped into the air above Desmond, blasting him full force towards the ground, where Robin and Arrowette were waiting. Throwing several batarangs that lodged themselves into his back, followed by an explosive arrow, Desmond hit the ground with a loud CRACK. As he struggled to stand up, the explosives on his back finally went off, making his body light up into flames and smoke.
"I learned that one from Batman." Robin grinned, crossing his arms.
"Well that was easier than expected." Wonder Girl put her lasso back on her belt as she, Superboy, and Dragon Breath walked over the crater Desmond made. It was then that two hands reached out from the smoke, grabbing both Wonder Girl and Dragon Breath.
"What?" Cassie was surprised to see him get up from that, but he was badly injured, bleeding all over his body.
"If I'm going down, then I'm bringing you with me, sidekicks!" Desmond laughed as his body began to flash yellow.
"Wh-what's going on?" Dragon Breath asked fearfully, unable to get away from the monster's grip.
"Everyone get to cover, he's gonna blow!" Robin called out, analyzing Desmond's body from his hologram computer.
"No!" Superboy yelled, running towards the three to save his brother.
But it was too late, Desmond's body exploded in a bright light that enveloped the entire Cadmus building, bringing it down on the young heroes.
After the explosion, the Cadmus building was ground zero. Nothing except rubble stood in the wake of Desmond's self-destruction.
A large piece of stone began to shake, until it was lifted up and pushed over by Superboy, who along with Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Arrowette survived the blast.
"No…" Aqualad stared at the destruction. Destruction that THEY had caused.
"I… Knew we could do it." Robin grinned.
"Was there… Ever any doubt?" Kid Flash high fived him, only for both boys to cringe after hearing a pop in their wrists.
"No!" Superboy yelled, running over to where Dragon Breath and Wonder Girl were.
"Please be okay, please be okay!" He pleaded as he dug through the rubble.
After a minute of searching, he noticed a red glow coming from under the rock. Removing the last bit of debris, he found that Dragon Breath had put up an energy shield at the last second, protecting both him and Wonder Girl.
Struggling with every last bit of energy to keep up the shield, the clone of Goku looked up, seeing Superboy with a grin.
"I take it… We won…" He chuckled through heavy breaths, before falling unconscious into Cassie's arms.
Wonder Girl herself gave a light laugh, removing the dust from his face.
"You could say that."
Superboy could only smile as tears came to his eyes, happy that his brother was okay.
"Uh oh, I guess we have some explaining to do." Arrowette said, pointing up at the sky.
As everyone looked up, they were all shocked to see Superman arrive on scene, especially Superboy. But it wasn't just Superman, it might as well have been the whole Justice League. Behind him landed Dragon Fist, Power Girl Red Tornado, Captain Marvel, Martian Manhunter and Zatanna. To their left, landed Captain Atom, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, and Green Lantern. To their right, was Black Canary, Batman, Huntress, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and John Stewart.
"Start talking." Batman said grimly, glaring at the young heroes.
[Mount Justice]
"This cave was the original sanctuary of the Justice League."
After having an awkward discussion, and standing up to the League, the former sidekicks were made into a team by Batman.
"We're calling it into service again. Since you six are insistent on fighting the good fight, you will do it on League terms." Batman explained carefully, observing the line of teenagers, now in civilian clothes.
"Green Lantern has offered to stay and live here as your team's supervisor. Power Girl will be in charge of training and team bonding. I will deploy you on missions."
"Real missions?" Robin asked excitedly.
"Yes, but covert."
"The League will still be handling the big stuff, that's why we have these big targets on our chests." Flash came in, offering an explanation.
"Cadmus proves that the villains are getting smarter. Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly." Aquaman said.
"The ten of you, will be that team."
"Awesome! Wait, ten?" Robin asked. Last time he counted, there were only six of them.
Batman nodded behind them, where they saw Martian Manhunter walking up with two girls around their age. One had green skin and red hair, dressed almost exactly like the martian. The other was blonde, wearing civilian clothes, but she carried a long staff that curved at the end.
"This is Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian. And that is Starman's daughter, Stargirl."
"Woah, nice to meet you ladies. The name is Wally. These two are Robin and Aqualad, it's okay if you forget their names." He joked as the three walked over to the new girls.
Superboy stood there staring, until Robin called him over.
"Hey Supey, come meet Miss M!"
He and Arrowette also went over to meet the new girls.
Cassie almost went over, until she saw Dragon Breath standing over to the side, not even paying attention to the group. Walking over to him, she found him staring at Dragon Fist, who was talking to Power Girl and Batman.
She put a hand on his shoulder with a smile, making him jump at the touch. "I'm sure he'll be happy to meet you, but for now let's go meet our new friends." She suggested.
After staring at her for a moment, then glancing back to Goku, he nodding.
"Thank you, for saving me." She said while rubbing her arm shyly.
"Huh?" Her thanks filled him with a sense good. "Er, you're welcome."
He let out a small smile of his own, blushing.
"Wait, wait!" Robin called out.
"What is it?" Batman and the other Leaguers turned to The Team.
"Even with the two new girls, there's only nine of us. Who is number ten?" Tim Drake asked.
"That would be me." Everyone turned in sync and looked at Captain Marvel, who was grinning like a kid in a candy store.
"You? But you're like thirty or forty something!" Wally pointed out.
"He's right." Aqualad added.
"Looks can be deceiving, friends." The Captain waggled a finger at them.
"Prove it." Kid Flash crossed his arms.
"SHAZAM!" With a shout, magical lightning came down from above and struck the Mighty Mortal. As smoke cleared, in the Captain's wake stood a teenage Billy Batson.
"You were saying?" His grin got even bigger.
"I stand corrected…" Wally hunched over.
"I'll say." Stargirl aka Courtney Whitmore said while walking over to Billy.
"Hi, I'm Billy!" He stuck his hand out in a friendly gesture.
"Courtney." She shyly shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you. Nice to meet all of you! Nice braces by the way." He complimented, winking at her.
"Th-thanks." She blushed at the complimented.
"Well, looked like we're one big family now." Superboy said under his breath.
[Unknown Location]
Multiple screens were lit up in a dark room, as a meeting was taking place.
"It was a catastrophe today at Cadmus." One man spoke, his voice altered.
"And worst of all, the sidekicks got away with our weapons."
"Yeah, the bomb that you implanted in Desmond fail to exterminate everyone Gero!"
"Do not mock me Luthor, you've failed just as many times as I have, if not more."
"Gentlemen, please. In due time, we will have our chance to take out the Justice League soon enough. We just have to be patient."
And so begins Young Justice! Oh my gosh it took forever to type this! But it was fun nonetheless! Btw if anyone knows a better codename for Gohan, let me know, this was just something I came up with off the top of my head. As to why he can't fly, there's a perfect reason that will be explained next chapter. Until next chapter, cya!