The first round of interviews was slightly funny. Well, at least in Kid Flash's mind.
For the others, though, the first round was way too complicated and demanding.
Kid Flash's first interviewee was one of his favorite and most respected heroes, the Creeper. The yellow skinned whacky man was extremely happy and slightly off throughout the whole interview, which lead to Wally thinking of passing him through just to screw with his friends.
"So, tell me, Creeper, how far would you allow us to go in a prank against Guy Gardner? Would you a) stop us from even looking at him, b) stop us when we've finished rearranging and dying his hair, c) stop us after we've stripped him and left him in only his Batman underwear, or c) would you be laughing with us as Superman fishes him in outer space?"
The yellow man was perched on the desk that Wally sat behind, thinking hard on the question. He even took his red boa and stroked his face with it, then snapped his fingers with a smile.
"I choose option E! I would most probably be wearing a fish bowl on my head with Vigilante and Shining Knight restraining me while I try to join Guy's swim!"
This made Wally laugh out loud because, really, it was hilarious. But he used a red pen and made a large red 'x' on Creeper's application. He may really like the guy, but he just wasn't parent material.
Aqualad was leading the interviews for the villains. He, along with Rocket and M'gann, would be interviewing all the villains, mercenaries, and anti-heroes while Wally, Artemis, and Greg were taking on the heroes and mercenaries, and Conner himself, along with Green Arrow and Zatanna, would be caring for the aliens.
Right now, the Atlantean was seated in Greg's office, which had been changed to house all three of the interviewers and the people they would be interviewing. He had immediately crossed Hush off the list after the scary Gotham villain had said things that were rather threatening, but was now asking Bane some of the questions.
"Now, this is a standard question for the Young Justice Team, how far would you allow us to go in a prank against Guy Gardner?" Kaldur asked, surprised at how stupid his team would seem to any that did not know them. Then, of course, read all of the options the large man could choose.
Bane scratched at his chin in thought, "I would stop you after the shaving of his hair. Stripping a man of his clothing is like stripping him of his pride. You should not do it."
With a nod Aqualad was pleased to give Bane the first spot in the secondary interviews.
Zatanna looked at the green skinned man in front of her with slight surprise. His name was Kit Fisto and he looked like a green octopus that had grown giant fish eyes and a human body.
He was oddly cute...
"Here it says that your name is Kit Fisto. Is this correct?"
The man nodded with a soft smile.
"And here, under job status, it says that you are a Jedi. Just what is this?"
The man sat up at the question and proceeded to go into a very lengthy explanation of what this was. And it was all good until he said that Jedi didn't feel emotions... Or something along those lines.
There was a red x on his paper soon after that.
M'gann eyed the woman in front of her with slight confusion. Seriously, she swore that she had seen this woman before... She was wearing a red and black suit, with white slits, and she had a blonde pony tail poking her out of her mask.
"Are you sure we have never met before, ma'am?" M'gann asked politely, only to have the woman suddenly point a gun at her.
"What makes you think you've ever met me, Missy?" The woman asked back, glaring at the girl before her.
And M'gann's polite demeanor dropped. She frowned and her eyes flashed green. "Yeah... This isn't going to workout.
Artemis had decided to take both Guy and Ice in at the same time, knowing that they would most probably want to go through their interviews together. They had basically flown through the interview with flying colors but there was the last question in tow.
The Guy Gardner question.
Clearly Ice found the question funny if her giggles were anything to go by, but Guy's face was stony and emotionless.
"I'd give you 'til b 'cause Ice enjoys your spontaneous barber sessions. But try anything else and I'll-"
Ice cut him off with a hand on his shoulder, "They'd get farther than b with you honey. They've done this to you many times before. And they'll most probably do it many more times after." Ice smiled softly, then looked at Artemis. "I especially liked when you made his hair bright blue."
Artemis smiled brightly as she marked both their papers with a green checkmark.
Metallo, Parasite, Killer Frost, Penguin, a Star-o possessed human, Gentleman Ghost, the Dummy, and many more untrustworthy villains passed through their very capable hands to be turned down. Deathstroke, Poison Ivy, Star Sapphire, Clayface, and Two Face all passed through their hands with a checkmark and were allowed to stay for the preliminaries.
Not many aliens or cosmic people, apart from the Watcher and Power Girl, actually went to the second one. And a lot of heroes were passed through.
It's not like Young Justice was being prejudiced against the entrants, but they weren't necessarily stupid. They knew that having villains taking care of their friend could be detrimental and aliens wouldn't necessarily be the right fit for the stoic and rather stereotypical teenager.
Now M'gann was taking a break from altering so many minds along with all of the people that had gotten through to the next round. From the hundreds of people that had come to become Conner's parents, only about twenty were left. Deathstroke sat beside Greg, talking about their favorite kinds of guns, and Poison Ivy was seated on Bane's lap as they conversed with Guy and Ice.
It was kind of funny, seeing the heroes and villains interacting as if they were actually friends, but it was completely worth it. Wally was happy for all of them.
But he would have to interrupt the touching moment now.
"Okay, possible parents, we will now be giving you ten minutes each to speak to Superboy! Who he decides can pass will stay here! Who does not pass the cut will be mind erased! May the odds be ever in your favor!" Kid Flash announced and Deathstroke couldn't help but smirk behind the mask.
He honestly had no idea just how he had been able to pass the preliminaries but he could feel like, if he was paid enough, he could grow to actually give an ounce of care for the boy.
"Star Sapphire, you are up first!"
The woman stood up from her seat beside Artemis and Green Arrow, excusing herself from the conversation they had been having. She walked towards where Kid Flash was standing and turned to look at Superboy.
"Shall we?"
Superboy followed with a bit of trepidation?
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