I'm so sorry everybody! I've been a bad, bad author! I haven't updated in… what, 2 weeks? 3 weeks? I'm horrible! I've been focusing too much on my other stories… forgive me.
Ugh. Can't wait for those new episodes to come out!
Again, please excuse my inability to write fight scenes!
Disclaimer: Dis claimer claims that dis plot and these characters don't belong to me. They've been reinterpreted.
"Darn, that's one big spaceship," Kid Flash said.
The purple-clad alien sitting next to him scoffed, "My home planet of Tamaran has far more impressive technology."
Currently, Miss Martian was piloting the Bioship in camouflage mode to the Gordanian's ship. The alien girl, to nobody's surprise, seemed rather comfortable with the Bioship in itself.
"So what do we do when we get inside?" Superboy asked, looking bored.
"We should—" Aqualad began.
"Simple," the alien declared, "We kick the butt!"
Kid Flash and Artemis started snickering in the background.
"… Perhaps you should lead this mission," Aqualad said, gesturing to the girl.
She stared at him, perplexed.
He continued, "You seem to know the Gordanians better than we do. You've been a… prize inside that same ship. It's only natural that with the most knowledge, you should be the one to guide us."
The girl smiled at him and nodded silently.
"Okay guys, we're approaching the ship. I'm going to find a dock to park her and we can get moving," Miss Martian addressed the team.
~~~WIND TUNNEEEEEEELLLL~~~
En el spaceship-o
The team changed into their stealth gear and entered the ship. The alien girl looked around and sniffed the air a bit.
"Trogaar should be in the chamber containing the firing controls," she said, walking to the right.
"And Trogaar is…?" Artemis asked.
"He is the leader of this particular squadron of the Gordanian Army. The one who appeared on the hologram. Now follow. There is not much time."
"Oh, Scratchy-Voice Dude? Yeah, I know him," Kid Flash said casually.
Young Justice continued in silence, turning corners when the strange girl did.
Three Gordanians approached as they walked. The girl growled and took a fighting stance, but was pulled away by Robin as the team flattened themselves against a wall and Megan pulled her camouflage trick on them.
The girl looked at Robin with guilt in her eyes and stuttered uncomfortably, "I bring you… a-pol-o-gy."
Robin raised a brow, "What, for yelling earlier? Don't worry about it. I'm sorry, too."
"And again…" she replied, smiling, "You are… nice. On my world only my Knorfka has shown me such kindness."
Robin smiled back, "Well, things are different here."
The girl blushed slightly and looked down.
"Uh, not to ruin the moment you two," Kid Flash tapped their shoulders, "But I think they know we're here."
As he said those words, several troops of aliens surrounded the heroes, their tridents lit.
Robin smirked at the girl, "You ready to kick some butt?"
She smiled back, her eyes an iridescent green, "Indeed."
~~~HIRAIKOTSU~~~
The Firing Control Room
The bar on the miniature panel flickered from white to red as the particle weapon glowed. Satisfied with these results, the Gordanian soldier turned to face his commander.
"Lord Trogaar, the weapon has reached full power."
Trogaar ordered, "Then begin the firing sequence."
The grunt obeyed and proceeded to type a command into the keyboard. The screen showed a diagram of the ship, and then started to count down.
Trogaar smirked and sat back in his throne, "The Earth Scum shall learn. It takes more than a Tamaranean female and six juvenile heroes to defy the mighty Lord Trogaar!"
The rings on the laser glowed in order as the weapon prepared to fire. When it was about to launch, the rings lost their glow and died down.
Trogaar yelled at the soldier, "What happened? Why didn't it fire as planned?"
The underlings shrugged their shoulders and checked the stats on the laser.
A few snickers were heard from behind the wall. It exploded loudly, causing Trogaar and his minions to shield their eyes.
In the hole made stood the alien and the six heroes, with barely a scratch on them. The smallest one laughed and pointed, "Dude, alien technology is super easy to hack! I thought I was gonna get a challenge!"
Trogaar roared, a signal for his soldiers to attack. They rushed at the team.
~~~WIND SCAAAAARRRR~~~
"Boy, these guys were easier then the ones we took out earlier," Artemis commented, dusting herself off.
The alien adjusted the crown on her head, "Trogaar keeps his most powerful underlings in the Firing Room." The ship started vibrating violently. The girl took on a worried expression, "We must make haste to get there before—"
"Or I could just hack it," Robin suggested.
"… What?" the girl stared at him, wide-eyed.
Kid Flash grinned, "Rob here is pretty good with computers."
"And I'd love to give hacking alien technology a shot!"
The girl pouted, but went along with it.
Megan kept the team under camouflage as Robin brought up his mini holographic screen.
He pressed a few buttons and snickered, "Seriously? These guys have, like, no security whatsoever. I thought this would be a little bit more fun, but what're ya gonna do?"
The ship stopped shaking and the team let out the breath they didn't know they'd been holding.
"But we should still take Lord Trogaar down, shouldn't we?" Aqualad smiled.
"Agreed," the girl snarled and clenched her now green fists.
"It's behind this wall, I think," Miss Martian said, tapping the wall on their left. "I can hear more thoughts here than anywhere else on the ship."
"Then stand back, everybody," Robin said as he stepped out of the camouflage and placed three disc-shaped bombs, which promptly started snickering and blew a large hole in the wall.
The aliens inside that weren't coughing from the dust were either looking at the team in confusion or hatred. Robin laughed hardest at the expression Trogaar wore.
"Dude, alien technology is super easy to hack! I thought I was gonna get a challenge!"
Trogaar roared in what seemed to be frustration, but as soon as the Gordanians swarmed around the team, they knew it had been an attack command.
Robin rushed forward first, taking out five merely with his martial arts skills. Everyone fought his or her own battle, taking on two or three at once individually.
Artemis shot a few arrows at her oppressors, knocking them out, but was grabbed from behind before she could reach into her quiver. The Gordanian smiled and threw her to the wall. As he approached the young archer, his trident started to glow as he prepared to—
"Yoink!"* a blur of yellow and red zipped by with the alien's weapon and snapped it in two.
"And while I'm at it…" Kid Flash added. He ran back over and threw the Gordanian out the window of the ship. He walked over to the fallen archer.
"You alright?"
Artemis blushed, but snapped, "I-I can take care of myself, ya know!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Crud!" Kid Flash shouted as a Gordanian launched an attack.
Artemis pushed the boy out of the way and shot a trick arrow at the alien, covering him in blue goop.
Robin was hiding in the shadows, laughing at the confused humanoid lizards down below. He dropped down and took two of them out. The last one threw him across the room.
The alien girl dropped the unconscious Gordanians she was holding and gasped.
"Robin!" she screamed.**
Her eyes and hands glowing in anger, the Tamaranean rushed into Robin's opponent and punched him senseless. And since Gordanian fighting patterns seem to be so repetitive, Trogaar (who was notable by his massive size) flew to her and attempted a punch. She dodged, but landed on her tushy. (Tushy is SO a word.)
Superboy walked over and helped her up. He glanced at her. She nodded in response. The two attacked Trogaar in a way that no human would have been able to survive. A mixture of Starbolts, alien strength, and DNA from the Man of Steel himself was quite a match-up.
Unfortunately, there was a reason Trogaar had been put in charge. He was stronger than the others. He charged at the two teenagers and shot them to where the Boy Wonder was still on the floor.
The other Young Justice members regrouped with the first three, ready to attack together. Suddenly, Aqualad got an idea.
"Artemis!" he shouted to her, "Do you have an arrow that could support the star-bolts?"
"What, like absorb the energy? Yeah, I got one like that. But what do you—oh…"
Aqualad nodded as Trogaar came closer to the heroes' position.
"Whenever you're ready," Aqualad said cautiously.
"No, take your sweet time, really," Kid Flash said sarcastically.
Artemis shot him a glare as she pulled back an arrow.
The alien, knowing what to do, fired one of her lasers at the arrow.
Artemis shot another look at Wally, who knew what she was getting at, and ran behind the large alien.
He tapped him on the shoulder casually, causing him to turn around. Trogaar smiled (creepily) and raised a sharpened claw.
Before he could do anything, the alien king was shot to the ground and lay there, unconscious.
Artemis stood behind holding her bow. She smiled. It was over.
~~~FOX FIRE **ECHO**~~~
The island on which the holographic missile was shot.
"Ya know, I like the view of the port from here," Wally said casually, dangling his feet off the edge of the rocky shore.
"Especially since the port isn't disintevaporated into dust by an alien particle weapon," Artemis added, sitting down next to him.
"Please," a voice said from behind the team, "I look… nice?"
Robin (and Wally's) jaw nearly dropped to the floor. The dark purple and black outfit the girl had been wearing was no more. She now sported a purple midriff top with an armored neckline and similar shoulder plates to the previous top. She wore a purple mini skirt with a metal belt and long silver armored boots to match the top. Her gloves reached to her fingertips and were also a metallic silver.
The dark, angular crown was gone, and replaced with a silver headband, pulling her hair out of her eyes. Her green eyes seemed brighter and happier than before.
"Nice!" Wally shouted, "You look HOT!"
Artemis slapped him.
Robin stepped forward, "I—We still don't know your name."
The girl smiled, "I am Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran. You may call me Kory if you so wish."***
"Kory?" Robin asked.
"Princess?" the rest of the team echoed.
Koriand'r smiled sheepishly and scratched her left ear, "Um, yes, I am, uh, second in line for the throne, hee hee…"
Kaldur smiled fondly and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "Welcome to Earth, Koriand'r."
Kory beamed and spoke more quickly, "I thank you all for your bravery and help. And I wish to ask permission… to remain here. Where the people are most strange," she said, glancing at Wally. "But also most kind."
"You don't need our permission," Superboy said bluntly.
"But if you want our friendship, you've got it!" Megan squealed, hugging her newfound friend.
"Th-Thank you…" Kory blushed, not knowing how to react.
Robin's gauntlet produced a holographic image of Batman. "Team, report."
"Hey Batsy!" Wally called out.
"You should all have reported back to Mount Justice. Nothing should have taken you a whole night to return."
"Well, something came up…" Aqualad said nervously.
"Green Arrow told me about the Gordanian invasion. I assume you took care of that. I also see you have the alien with you," Batman said, referring to Kory.
"Who, Kory?" Superboy furrowed his eyebrows.
"… Kory?"
"Yeah, that's her name, Koriand'r," Megan said cheerfully before anyone could stop her.
"Bring it back to Happy Harbor on your flight back."
"What? Why? Hey, Batman—" Robin was cut off as the image flickered out.
Kory looked puzzled as she glanced around at her friends, "Please, will someone explain to me what has just happened?"
*Yoink. My favorite Kid Flash line. Ever.
**Ah, the first cry of many identical in a series. When I watched this episode, I almost laughed when she screamed his name. Don't ask why.
***Yes, I changed her outfit to match the YJ costumes more—a little more purposeful, with extra armor and a hair accessory. I'm sure I could draw it on my DeviantArt account if one requested **jogs eyebrows**. I'm sticking with the comics, I've decided. Koriand'r is her given name, and her Alter Ego is Starfire, because I felt like it!
Whelp, that's it! Don't expect the story to be over, though. The rest of this story is going to be focused mostly on Kory adjusting to everything. She might clean up some crime and sh*t along the way. No plans so far, really.
La Pregunta Del Capitulo: Anybody got any suggestions they want to see happen in the future? The rest of the story is an almost blank canvas, I'm open to everything! Please, offer me ideas!
Dude, that blue button down there is telling you to review. I wouldn't cross a button; you'd better do it before it gets pissed.
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