I've been thinking about what else to do with my story, and bam it hit me. I will follow canon slightly only because so many people have been doing it already. It kind of annoys me to read from people that it's the same thing over and over. No one said anything to me it's just how I feel and what I have seen ...Alright enough of my blabbering, back to the story
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice, or had any involvement in the wonderful cartoon that is Young Justice. I don't own D'grayman either.
Chapter 4~
She was gone. She was gone was all that Komui could repeat to himself for the past couple of months. His adorable, lovable, younger sister disappeared from this world. He had just stood there when it happened; he was scared yet didn't do a darn thing about it. Komui took off his hat and raked his fingers through his hair. He had not gotten any sleep since Lenalee – his dear sister was taken away by the darkness. He had first suspected the Noah and their Akuma, but it seemed as though they too had not known where she had been taken to. He sighed and sank deeper into his chair.
"The chief is getting worse by the day," one of the scientists said. Reever, and some of the other scientists' were peering into Komui's office. They all had been especially worried for him since some months ago. They all were devastated but not as much as Komui was. Since then he has not been his usual self. When he falls asleep and someone tries to wake him up with the usual 'Lenalee is getting married' bit, he doesn't even respond. His heart was torn and he looked as if he didn't even want to do his job anymore.
"I think we should leave him alone," Reever said as he started to walk away. He felt really bad for the chief. He had lost his parents a long time ago, and now his sister was gone too. Something like this would mess anyone up. What was one supposed to do in a situation such as this. Reever sighed and kept walking.
Reever had made it to the cafeteria, and walked over to a table and sat down. He didn't know what to think of the past events. Lenalee's boots had gone ballistic and had swallowed her up into a dark abyss. It was strange because something like that had never happened before. If only – if only there were some way to track Lenalee down so that she could be brought back. Then it hit him.
"That's it," Reever thought as he got up from the table and sped out of the cafeteria in a hurry. If some sort of tracking device was made that could detect innocence than maybe...just maybe Lenalee could be brought back home, and her brother could stop sulking. This comment was not meant to be mean but...Komui has not even dared to make anything because he thought it would cause another incident. He never cared before though. But...this idea just had to work somehow – somehow it just had to work. Reever kept running
When he had finally stopped running, he was standing in the entrance way of Komui's office. He stared at him. Komui's head was on his desk and his arms were by his side. An eerie aura was around him and it looked particularly gruesome to go near. Reever gulped and walked further in. He walked over to the chiefs desk and pulled Komui back by his collar to look at him. Reever sighed.
"Chief – you need to buck up. Lenalee wouldn't want to see you like this when she comes back." It was risky saying this, but it had to be heard.
"What do you mean by 'comes back.' She's never coming back." Komui shoved Reever's hand away and laid his head back down on his desk. Reever looked surprised. Komui would never say something like this. Lenalee's disappearance must have really gotten to him.
"I think I figured out how to bring her back to us – to you chief, but I need your cooperation." Komui lifted his head slightly to look at Reever. The other man's face was filled with confidence; the idea itself was crazy, but it also sounded full proof. Komui sat up all the way in his chair.
"...It sounds like it could work, but we need some type of source to power such a machine." Komui got up from his seat, and walked towards the exit of his office with Reever right behind him.
The scientists present in the room, gasped in shock as they saw their chief walking towards them. They were all ecstatic that he was up and about. A sad Komui was not something they wanted to see ever again; it was just too painful to look at. They all stood at attention.
"Alright men we have a lot of work that needs to be done, but first things first." Komui paused. " A machine that can detect innocence from other worlds, from anywhere – a power source is needed for this but the machine needs to be built first. This invention – this life saver must be built to bring back my sister. If somehow we can't do it we might as well quit our jobs. I ask you all...not as your chief, but as your friend." Komui looked at all of the men in the room pleadingly. "Please help me bring back my sister."
The men looked at one another than back at Komui. They all smiled and cheers were then shouted. This machine was hope not only for Komui, but for all of humanity as well. They had never tried to build something like this before because of resources, but since the chief asked like that...why the heck not. They were all for it.
~Break~
Back in Cadmus, the four young heroes had just ran away from Guardian, a supposed hero, who apparently had been working with Cadmus to forge weapons. He looked like he had no clue what they were talking about, but then the small creature on his shoulder, horns started to glow red, and just like that Guardians expression changed into anger and started to attack them. That was a whole lot of interesting for Tori. She did hear about him, but jeez...that was all unexpected.
At that time, while they were all fighting Guardian, Robin had tried to hack through the rest of Cadmus' system. He managed to get through most of it, but then it started to act weird. He said that a certain file, Project Kr was triple encrypted so he couldn't get through. They all ran through so many hallways, and had finally managed to get away – well that is until a man by the name of Dr. Desmond, along with Guardian, and some other weird looking creatures started to give chase after them. The young heroes ran again.
"Jeez! Can't we get a break," Kid Flash said as he ran slightly ahead of the others. He didn't want them to fall behind him.
Robin, Aqualad, and Tori, ran behind Kid Flash as he weaved his way through the G-gnomes, and the scientists. They ran and ran until they made it to a big door that said Project Kr, which they didn't notice.
Someone, a woman scientist, walked out of the giant door, but screamed when she saw the heroes running towards her. The door was about to close.
Aqualad ran ahead of the other and took out his water bearers. He was trying to keep the door from closing. He looked back towards the others.
"Hurry get in," the young Atlantian said as he struggled to keep the steel doors open. The others rushed inside as quickly as possible. Aqualad was the last one to get through the door. The steel doors shut right after he had made it in safely. Robin quickly went into action with his holo-computer on his wrist. He hacked the system to the door
"I overrode the door. We're safe now," Robin said. Tori gave a sigh of relief as she turned to look at her surroundings. The room looked really strange like the inside of a body. She continued to look around more until her eyes spotted something. She gasped in shock.
"We are trapped," Aqualad said with a sigh. This was their only escape from the G-gnomes, but now they were all trapped in here.
"How long do you think it will take for them to get in here," Kid Flash asked as he looked at the metal door warily. He wasn't scared or anything, he just didn't feel like notifying the League of where they were. On the other hand it wasn't like the League didn't know that the four of them had left without permission. He groaned. They were so busted later.
Kid Flash turned to look at where they were exactly. His eyes then landed on Tori, who had a shocked look on her face. He turned to where her eyes were looking. What he saw next made him rethink his approach on the girl. His mouth was agape. There right in front of him, was a boy, but not just any boy, it looked like a younger version of Superman.
Oh man was the League, especially Superman, going to peeved about this.
"Uh...guys, you might wanna take a look at this." The other two, Robin and Aqualad turned their heads. They both gasped in shock.
"What...what in the world." Aqualad was in complete shock as he stared at the being in the pod before him. This was both incredible and bad at the same time – mostly bad.
"Is that what I think it is," Robin said as he took a step closer to the pod. His eyes were narrowed slightly as he tried to get a closer look at the young boy. He looked exactly like Superman. He had the same hair color and facial build as the Man of Steel. This was bad.
"And now we contact the League," Aqualad said in a serious tone. Kid Flash looked at his friend with his brows furrowed. He didn't want to say yes to that, but it needed to be done.
"Y-yeah...but we can't just leave him in there. Shouldn't we like let him out. He is kind of like Superman's son right?" Aqualad looked at Kid Flash in disdain. Sure the boy looked like Superman, but what if something happened when they let him out of the pod. There were G-gnomes on both sides of him so it is a high possibility that those things are sending him orders, or filling his head with information somehow.
"I do see your point, but DNA was stolen from Superman somehow. Does that not strike you as odd?" Kid Flash contemplated his friends question. He did wonder as well how DNA from one of the most powerful beings on earth was stolen. It was crazy in for anyone to try such a thing.
Tori looked at the boy in the pod with a sad expression on her face. Even if he was a clone of some kind, he was still a living being. Being trapped in a pod all your life sounded horrible, even for someone like her, who went through something quite similar to him. She was not a clone, but she understood the feeling of someone trying to control you. She understood it all to well.
Tori clenched her fists. She was not going to let that happen. He didn't deserve this at all.
"Robin." The boy in question, turned his head. "Let him out," Tori said.
The three boys looked at her like she was crazy. Why does she want him to be set free? Did she have a suttle reason for asking such a thing?
"Why do you want him set free? Is there a specific reason why," Aqualad said as he looked at the girl. His face was serious and his arms were by his side. He wasn't going to reject her request; he just wanted to know why. Tori looked down at her feet. He fists were still clenched together. He bangs covered her eyes.
"I – I just want him to be set free is all. Being in a pod for heaven knows how long will mess a person up in the head. Also, having your mind invaded by these things," she pointed to the G-gnomes, " would be like an intrusion of the mind. I don't think he likes it." The three young teen boys looked at the girl in somewhat of shock. She sounded so...sad when she was talking just now. In her voice, it sounded like she knew how it felt. It brought another question up. What did this girl go through before becoming a hero?
Kid Flash was the first to speak up. "I think we should let him go." Tori lifted her head and looked at Kid Flash in surprise. He had agreed with her, but not only that – he had agreed first. She smiled at him sweetly which caused him to blush and turn his head. She really needed to stop looking at him like that, or else he'll most likely faint from her beauty. He put his hand on his chest, as if it were in some way a way to stop his ever rapid beating heart. He really needed to know what was wrong with him and fast.
Aqualad looked at Kid Flash in confusion. He couldn't see his face so he didn't know what was wrong, but he had a good hunch that it had something to do with Tori smiling at him. He smiled for a second then his face became serious again.
"Robin, open up the pod." The boy complied with the order and pressed the very noticeable big, red button on the panel in front of the pod. The pod opened up. The four heroes held their guard up just in case something happens. Tori took a step forward which caused Kid Flash to give her a worried look. She was the closest to the pod and if something were to happen to her he wouldn't know what to do.
"Hello...Super – boy are you awa..." Before Tori could finish, the small G-gnomes horns began to glow, which caused the boy in the pod to immediately open his eyes. He looked at the four young heroes in front of him, then out of nowhere he jumped out of the pod and towards the one closest to him, Tori.
Aqualad saw this coming and ran towards the girl. He pushed her away from the oncoming attack. He ended up being the one hit.
Kid Flash sped over to Tori who was on the ground. Her head was down.
"Hey you okay," Kid Flash said as he was helping the girl stand. He tried to look at her face but she turned her head away.
"I'm fine." Tori gently pulled her arm out of the speedsters grasp and ran to Aqualad's aid. It was her fault, her stupid decision that put her new friends - teammates in danger. She didn't know how she was going to deal with that.
"Aqualad," Tori yelled as she jumped in the air with her leg raised. She slammed her leg down as hard as she could on the boy. It looked like it worked but then she saw that he had blocked it. The clone grabbed her by the leg and threw her towards the wall.
"Tori!" Kid Flash and Robin said in unison. Kid Flash sped as fast as he could before the girl made impact with the wall. He jumped up in the air slightly and caught her just in time. He looked down at the girl. She looked distraught, like she was completely taken over by emotion. He set her down on the ground.
"I'm going to go help them," Kid Flash said as he sped off to help the other two. Robin had managed to jump on the young clones back and took out what looked like knock out gas to sedate him. The gas looked like it was taking an affect, when suddenly Robin was flung backwards and hit the wall behind him. He was immediately unconscious.
"Robin," Tori yelled. She got up as fast as she could and ran towards the fallen boy. She knelt down beside him and shook him.
"Robin! Robin! Robin wake up." All she got in return was a groan. He was down for the count and by the looks of the situation she was going to be next. The other two had been knocked out not to long ago.
Tori got up and backed away slowly. She didn't want this. She was seriously frightened right now and there was nothing she could do. This boy was indestructible...but maybe..just maybe she could get through to him.
"Please Superboy...if that is your name. I know your in there. I can sense that you don't want to be here, that you don't want this kind of life. To be trapped in a pod until your needed...I know how it feels to be used." Superboy looked at her in confusion and a small spark of emotion had shown in his eyes. Tori saw it and continued to push.
"You can have a better life than this...this caged life that these people are giving you. I can help you." Superboy stopped in his tracks a couple of feet from Tori. He looked...slightly amused by what she was saying. He felt like – like this girl could really help him.
"Can – can you really do that for me," Superboy said in a serious tone. He wanted to make sure she wasn't lying to him. He wanted to make sure she was true to her word.
Tori gave him a small smile and nodded her head. "I can most certainly do that for you...only if you want me to." Superboy thought over what she said in his head. He could get out of this place and be free from Cadmus for good (A/N or so he thinks).
Before Superboy could say anything else, the door had been finally opened. Tori looked frightened and backed away. Dr. Desmond, Guardian, and another G-gnome were standing not to far from her, which ruined her chances of trying to escape. She couldn't leave her friends either.
"What are you doing out of your pod," Desmond said in anger. A small G-gnome hopped on to Superboy's shoulder and its horns glowed. His face became a blank expression of what it was before. Desmond looked at him and gave his order.
"Knock her out and then take them all to the cloning chambers." Superboy turned his attention to Tori who was backed up against the wall. He ran up to her and punched her in the stomach before she could say anything. She fell to the floor unconscious. Superboy picked her up off of the floor and walked over to the other three unconscious teens. He picked them up and walked out with the others in tow.
~Break~
Marianne Wayne also known as Crow, was making her way to the Hall of Justice. She knew that she was late getting there, but things just came up. Her son, who is her sidekick...whoops, partner, were sort of delayed by a villain. Not just any villain, it was the Joker. The clown had to pick today of all days to reek havoc in a mall, a mall for crying out loud. People were being held hostage, Harley Quinn had stocked her small purse with make-up from the store that sold the stuff. The cashiers were at gun point. To top it all off, an ice villain that was further south in Gotham city was causing total mayhem. Her brother and his partner had apparently taken care of it, which left her in a rut. There capture and detainment of the Joker had taken to long. It made them late.
Raider also known as Taylor Wayne, was peeved that he and his mother did not make it on time. He had told Robin that whoever got to the Hall first got first dibs on the console at home. He had definitely lost this bet. Robin was so going to hold this over his head when he sees him...well that is if he sees him. Apparently an alert had gone off that a fire had gone off in Cadmus, His mother said that she had a bad feeling. Her bad feelings were never wrong much like her brothers. Raider liked his uncle Bruce, who is in fact Batman, and he knew that much like him, his mom was almost the same. She didn't do the whole brooding thing though. She was a lot more like Catwoman than anything. Back to the matter at hand, Raiders mother wanted to check out Cadmus, but sadly her brother who is older than her told her to go to him immediately...they might be in their thirties, but he was still over-protective of her.
The two of them had arrived at the Hall of Justice through a secret entrance that was built especially for them. Guess who had to make it? It was most likely Batman that had to do it, but Crow had begged Superman to get her brother to do it. Batman listened to the man...occasionally and the man in blue was weak against his sister. He's liked her ever since Batman had introduced her to him (A/N if any of you are wondering about Lois...I'll get to that later).
"Honey stay here while I go see what your uncle wants." Raider rolled his eyes. He knew he had to stay, but it wasn't like he was gonna listen to her. He never does, that is until his uncle gets involved. Then it becomes a serious problem.
"Mommy loves you okay. I'll see you when I come out," Crow said as she kissed her sons cheek. He scoffed at her and wiped his cheek. She skipped off towards the door that said Authorization only.
"Moooom," Raider said in protest. He hated when his mom did that even when no one was around. He sighed. They had made it inside of the Hall and low and behold no one was there to greet them.
His friends were not there at all which ticked him off. He wanted all of them to congratulate each other on making it this far. He wanted Roy to pat him on his head and smirk at him, or even give him the traditional noogie that he had always given him. He wanted Robin to do a play on words with him in celebration. He wanted KF to try and flirt with his mom, which he hated, and fail miserably. He just wanted something. He sighed.
Raider sat on one of the couches in the room and got comfortable. He looked around the room in awe. This was all so unexpected and cool at the same time. He looked over towards the gigantic computer. He looked over towards the book shelf, to get a good look at all of the books. Then he did a double take. He turned his head back over to the computer. He noticed something was off about it or something familiar about it. He had always been good at sensing things, he did have powers after all...just like his dad did, but that's a story for another time.
The teen got up and walked over to the computer. His eyes changed color and he looked at the keys. It looked as if someone was typing on it earlier. He closed his eyes and tried to concentrate. He saw several figures in his head. Three were male and the last one was female. The shortest of the group ,which he could tell was Robin, walked up to the computer and began to type on the computer. Raider smirked. His cousin was sly; he hacked the system and managed to get through it. Impressive.
He continued to keep his eyes closed and pushed his mind to before the computer was hacked. There were more figures in the room, so it must have been when everyone, the mentors and protege's, had shown up. He saw what looked like a quarrel break out between...was that Speedy? The young hero gasped in shock at what he had just seen. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Speedy, his friend, his brother, walked out without any remorse for what he just threw on the floor, or for who he had affected. It had looked like Green Arrow was affected the most by Roy's little departure.
"Raider." The teen opened his eyes and turned his head towards the source of the voice. It was Batman and his mom. They had seen him using his power. Darn it!
"What did you see," Batman asked as he narrowed his eyes. He had a good hunch but wanted to make sure he was right. Raider shrunk down in fear. He had no choice but to tell.
"...I saw Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and some girl leave the room. Before it looked like Robin had hacked the computer." Raider didn't want to rat out his friends, but...he didn't want to get in trouble for lying either. Robin did always call him a goody goody.
"I knew my bad feeling came for some reason," Crow said as she looked at her brother. Batman grunted in agreement. He looked back over to Raider.
"I had that feeling as well." Batman turned to walk away as did Crow. They walked back towards the zeta that was hidden behind the door. Yeah, Raider knew it was there thanks to his power, but it wasn't like he wasn't going to tell his mom that he found out. He wanted to live to see another day.
Crow stopped in her tracks and turned back to look at her son. She gave him a stern look that clearly meant business. She was being serious right now which was not a good thing for him.
"Taylor, I want you to stay put alright. I don't want you to get in trouble...or God forbid, hurt." Raider nodded his head nervously as he watched his mom and his uncle walk out of the room. He did not feel like getting in trouble especially when his mom had the look of a killer right now. Something must have happened when they were in that room.
"Jeez! What did those four do and why did Speedy leave like that." Raider sat back down on the couch and looked up at the ceiling. His face was neutral then his lips lifted into a smirk.
"At least I won't get into any trouble...this time. Dick I hope you get out a live because an even worse punishment awaits you," Raider chuckled as he closed his eyes. He started to calm his mind down so that he could search for his friends. His mind began to sweep through the depths of the city. It searched and searched until he got a clear picture of Cadmus.
Raider sat up in the couch with his legs crossed in Indian style. He put his hands on his Kevlar covered legs. His eyes were still closed and concentrated his mind further. He ordered his mind to create a copy of himself to go into the building.
"Alright me, go into the building." His transparent copy lifted up off of the ground and flew into the second floor window. The copy looked around with a blank stare on its face.
"What are your orders master." Raider put his hand on the side of his head. He bit his bottom lip and concentrated harder than he did before.
"Um...scope out the room for any clues as to where the four could have gone. I really need to find them." The copies eyes turned green. This was a way to find any type of foot print or foot prints that could be in the facility. There ended up being tons and tons of foot prints on the floor, so it made it very hard to depict which ones were his friends.
"Dang it! Me, is there any other clues in the room, anything at all," Raider exclaimed. He was getting desperate now and he was starting to get really tired out. Conjuring up a copy of oneself can take a mighty toll.
The copy walked further and further into the room, until it came across an elevator. It seemed strange and it didn't feel right either. The copy pulled back its leg and kicked the elevator doors down. The doors fell and from a distance it looked like the doors were falling for a very long time.
"Affirmative master. I have found an entrance way that seems to go deep into the ground." The copy looked inside and looked towards the bottom. It was a long way down.
"...I think you should go in there. That is probably where the others went," Raider said as he saw the bottom through his copies eyes. His copied nodded its head and jumped down into towards the bottom. This was going to take awhile.
So I hope that everyone...or those that actually read my story liked this chapter. I have been putting it off for a long time now and I decided that today was the day top get back to it. I'm sorry I have been gone for a long time though. College work got in the way of me being able to finish anything that I wanted to finish, including this chapter.
Well I'm going to start the next chapter as soon as possible. I'm starting to get really drawn into the story and I feel like it is coming together. Bye everyone
~Anime hotty lover.18