Author's Reasons: Had the urge to pretend to be a 'Marvel Hero'. So I search the Internet for another series and out of all of them I chose Young Justice. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: Do not own Spider-Man nor Young Justice. Also do not own anything that originated from other series or jokes originated from Youtube videos. They all belong to their respective owners. I own my OC and how he came to be in the YJ cartoon universe.
Washington DC, July 4, 14:00 EDT
"Today's the day." Gotham's Dark Knight; Batman stated with a small smile as he put a comforting hand on his protégé; Robin. He looked to his Justice League colleagues, Aquaman and Green Arrow, who stood with their own protégés, Aqualad and Speedy respective, noting that one more Justice League member and his protégé was missing, along with a new hero.
"Oh man!" Ah, speak of two of the three devils. Turning around, the heroes and sidekicks saw the fastest superhero; the Flash and his sidekick/protégé/nephew Kid Flash arriving. "I knew we would be the last one here!" Kid Flash complained with a pout.
"Not exactly." Batman noted. "There is still one more." And as if on que, a red and obviously customized motorcycle with white streaks stopped right in between both Flashes and the remaining heroes. Removing his oddly shaped helmet was a tall young man who's face showed that he was about the age of 15 with black that seemed be naturally brushed down, wearing a domino mask that had unusually large bug-like 'eyes' and a costume themed after a spider if the 'webs' on the red part of the costume was anything go by along with the black spider symbol that intersected the black part of the costume with the red part. On the young man's back, the Flashes saw that the young man was wearing a high tech looking backpack. It's purpose was unknown.
(AN: In case you were wondering: The bike is the Yusei Go AKA Yusei's Duel Runner from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds and the costume is the new Superior Spiderman costume Otto is going to use against the Hobgoblin)
"Spidey!" Robin said, an excited grin on his face at seeing the spider themed hero.
"Hey there Boy Wonder." 'Spidey' said with a smirked, ruffling Robin's hair a bit.
"Whoa… . Is that Spider-Man?" Kid Flash, asked in shock, not believing New York's residential hero was standing right in front of him.
"Guess I should put on the mask, huh Bats?" Spider-Man stated, not questioned. Without missing a beat NYC's residential hero put on a red mask with black bug-eyed lenses that seemed to complete the red part of his costume. "So… is today actually the day?"
"You know it is." Batman merely stated.
"Right." Despite the fact his face was covered, his posture screamed that the young hero was smiling and he didn't believe in something the Bats was saying.
A few minutes of talking, the group began walking towards the Hall of Justice, with numerous onlookers taking pictures, filming and of course; asking questions towards the heroes. Some fans were wearing T-shirts or other merchandise based of the heroes to show which hero was their favorite. Heck, one child was (badly) cosplaying as Batman!
"Is that Spider-Man!-?"
"Hey, I didn't know Spider-Man was a sidekick!"
"I thought he wasn't a sidekick?"
"Maybe he's Batman's sidekick? I heard they're kinda similar!"
"I see Flash and Flash Junior!"
"He's name isn't Flash Junior, it's Speedy, duh!"
"No, Speedy is Green Arrow's sidekick!"
"Well that make no sense."
"Wow, the crowd sure loves you huh?" Kid Flash stated, hearing that most people were talking about Spidey.
"Probably because I'm no one's sidekick." Spider-Man said with a shrug while Green Arrow talked with Speedy.
"I am just glad we are all here." Aqualad stated, glad to be walking to the Justice League's HQ with his king and friends. While he had never met Spider-Man, he had been told that the webbed had set off as a hero at the age of 14, and respected that at such a young age the teen decided to use his powers for justice instead of selfish reasons.
"Yeah! Have all four sidekicks been in the same place at the same time?" Kid Flash said. He had the pleasure of working with the other sidekicks before, and came to consider them all friends. And being around friends was such a nice feeling.
"Don't call us sidekicks." Speedy practically growled. "Not after today."
"Sorry. Guess I'm a bit overwhelmed. First time at the Hall." Kid Flash said. The other sidekicks had come to learn the pissed Speedy was a Speedy you do not want to deal with.
"You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed. Why isn't anyone just… whelmed?" Robin wondered.
"One: Whelmed means 'engulf, submerged or bury'. Two: You're almost never there when someone or something is whelmed. And three: Stop trying to slander the English language man." stated Spider-Man, walking alongside the sidekicks instead of the heroes.
"Oh you know what I mean." Robin stated with pout.
"You do realize we're in public and someone is probably going to catch a photo of you pouting right?" You can practically feel the smirk from Spidey. Robin quickly corrected his posture as the doors opened to reveal giant statues of the founding members of the Justice League. "… . Well, now you see another reason why people are rarely whelmed." Spider-Man said, as he too was overwhelmed.
The heroes continued walking until they reached the mechanical door underneath the Superman statue, which opened and revealed Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado. "Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Spider-Man, welcome." The Martian greeted, turning his back as Robin and Kid Flash bumped fist before they all walked into the room. "You now have access to the gym, our fully stocked galley and of course; the library." Martian Manhunter explained.
"Make yourself at home!" Flash stated, taking one of the many seats in the room and gesturing to them to the younger heroes. Suddenly, Spider-Man shot a web from his wrists and then shot himself to the ceiling, AKA sitting upside down lotus position.
"What?" Spider-Man asked, seeing all the other heroes in the room with the exception of Batman and Robin staring at him.
"He does that every time he's with other heroes." Robin whispered to the other sidekicks, who only got even more confused. "And he does it because he loves seeing the looks on people faces." And then the heroes realize, that Spider-Man was secretly a little troll who loves mind-f*cking with people.
"Killjoy." The webslinger muttered, as if to confirm it.
Shaking his head, Batman called the other mentors, along with Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado, to him to discuss the possibility of the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day. Before they could leave however, Speedy spoke up.
"That's it?"
'And here we go… .' Spider-Man thought to himself. 'Wish I brought popcorn. This will be good in real life.' Unaware to Spider-Man, Martian Manhunter accidentally picked up on his last thought and mentally noted to ask Batman about it later.
"You promised us a real look inside, not some glorified backstage pass!" Speedy said, his voice getting loud.
"It's a very important first step, you been granted access few others get." Aquaman responded in an attempt to calm the boy down. However, this only gotten the effect of getting Speedy even more agitated.
"Oh really?" He asked, gesturing to the large glass windows. Tourists were looking inside and taking pictures of all of them. "Who cares what side of the glass we're on?"
Green Arrow stepped forward and tried to calm his partner. "Roy, you just need to be patient."
"What I need is respect." He said, turning around to his fellow sidekicks and Spider-Man. "Their treating us like kids! Worse; like sidekicks! We deserve better than this."
"Uh, I like to point out out of all of us you're the closest to being considered as an adult considering out of all of us you're the oldest." Spider-Man pointed out.
"Oh yeah, what about you? You already graduated from college!" Speedy pointed out.
"Uh… I'm called 'Spider-MAN' for a reason." The webhead said, silently gesturing to the civilians. "Besides, I don't really care if I join the Justice League or not. I'm just a guy who's trying to make the world a better place for the next generation. Which doesn't require me joining the Justice League." At this he walked towards Speedy, glaring. "What about you discolored Robin Hood? Why are you so intent on joining the Justice League right now? In due time, you will join. Again, in due time, you're going to have to take Green Arrow's place as well. In fact, most of the younger generation of heroes will eventually become the next Justice League. So why the impatience?"
"Because today is supposed to be the day! Step one into becoming full-fledge members of the League!"
"And you already took it. So what's the problem?"
"You're kidding me right?" Speedy asked in disbelief. He looked at his friends, and saw that despite how confused they were, wanted no part in the argument. "You're all kidding me right? This is a joke. Tell me you're just joking!"
"Roy… I thought step one was a tour of the HQ?" Kid Flash spoke up.
And then, it dawned on Speedy on why exactly his fellow sidekicks was confused. "So that's why. Well here's some big news: the Hall isn't the League's HQ!" Speedy revealed, and promptly ignored the shocked looks directed at him, Spider-Man not included. Despite not seeing his reaction, Speedy had gotten the feeling that Spider-Man long knew that the Hall was never the League's headquarters. It probably explained why he took the day in stride. "It's just a false front for tourists. A pit stop for catching Zeta-Beam Teleporter Tubes to the real thing. An orbiting space station called the Watchtower!"
Green Arrow turned to his fellow League members who were now all glaring at him. "I thought; maybe we could make an exception?" Green Arrow asked, smiling nervously. Batman simply crossed his arms and intensified his glare. "Or…not." Green Arrow said, suddenly finding the floor interesting to look at.
Seeing that things were starting to get out of hand, Aquaman decided to step forward. "You're not helping your cause here son. Stand down."
"Or what?" Speedy growled. "You'll send me to my room? I'm not your son! Heck… I'm not even his." Speedy said, looking at Green Arrow. "I thought I was his partner… . Well, not anymore." With that said, Speedy threw his hat down which shocked most of the occupants in the room, even the civilians outside. He then turned and left, but not before glaring at Spider-Man and giving parting words to his friends.
The second Speedy left, the computer in the room came to life and showed Superman at the main monitor screen. One Bat-Glare to the civilians for a few seconds, Batman then gave his full attention to Superman.
"Superman to Justice League, there's been an explosion at Cadmus Labs, it's on fire." Superman explained.
At that Batman narrowed his eyes. "I've had been suspicious about Cadmus for a while now. This could be a perfect opportunity to-" Batman was suddenly cut off when a live image of Zatara appeared right next to Superman's.
"Zatara to Justice League!" Zatara said, getting the League's attention.
"Hi Zatara!" Spider-Man said in an act of out of character. He got a glare from Batman, a elbow to the ribs by Robin and a tired nod from Zatara.
"The sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Aten to blot out the Sun. Requesting full League response." Zatara continued.
At that the League in the Hall looked at Superman's image. "It's a small fire. The local authorities have it under control."
"Then Cadmus can wait." Batman stated, before ordering the rest of the Justice League to rendezvous to Zatara's coordinates. "Stay put." Batman stated to the remaining sidekicks and the wall-crawler.
"Here's a better idea; you go save the Earth as usual while I take the sidekicks to deal with Cadmus." Spider-Man offered.
"No." Batman stated, with the other mentors agreeing.
"And you want us to do what? Twiddle our fingers here when there's a chance someone could die in that fire?"
"It's a small one."
"Just because something is small doesn't automatically mean it's not deadly. Robin here is a good example."
"Hey!" The Boy Wonder cried out, obviously offended due to his height compared to the others.
"You know my reasons for becoming a hero. So whether you like it or not, I'm going to Cadmus. And besides, you said it yourself: You're suspicious of Cadmus. So why not send us?" Spider-Man stated, with the sidekicks looking up to their mentors with hope in their eyes.
"… . Fine. But the moment you find yourself over your heads you get out of there. Understand?"
"Loud and clear boss." With that, Spider-Man rounded off the remaining sidekicks and they left. Reluctantly, Batman and the remaining mentors head out to rendezvous with Zatara along with Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado.
"Geez. Bet you're glad you didn't brought her along huh?" Green Arrow muttered to Martian Manhunter as they left.
"Indeed." The Martian couldn't help but confirm.
"Got to go, got to go, got to go right now~ Got to go, got to go, got to go right now~" I sang to myself as we all scaled down the elevator shaft.
"Dude! Stop signing!" Kid Flash stated, frowning.
"Not to mention it doesn't fit into the situation right now." Robin mused. "Ugh. I'm at the end of my rope!"
"Come on, it was from the second floor until… ," I checked what floor we reached. "… sub-level 26. That's a grand total of 28 floors. It was bound to run out at some point." I said with a shrug. Nodding to each other, Robin began hacking into the security before giving me the a-okay to open the elevator doors. Without that much of a struggle, I did so. "Let's go." I said, walking forward. And then a yellow and red blur run past.
"Kid, wait!" You're too late. Hey, what do you know Aqualad? That rhymes!
"That idiot runs the moment he sees the space, doesn't he?" I stated out loud. "Want me to go get him?" Robin and Aqualad looked at each other and nodded. After all, there's no telling what would happen with Kid Flash running around in an important mission like this with no supervision. Shooting a web strand onto the ceiling, I lifted myself and began swinging to where Kid Flash run off to, and found him almost getting squashed by a giant Behemoth-from-Kingdom-Hearts-like Genomorphs but luckily I managed to shoot a strand of web onto his chest and pulled him out of there.
"Okay see this is why you shouldn't go running off by yourself." I scolded him. Letting out a nervous grin, Kid Flash merely scratched the back of his head. Then Aqualad and Robin came by, and saw the 'Behemoths'.
"No… nothing odd going on here… ." Aqualad sarcastically deadpanned. Before, I would laugh at the reaction. But now, I couldn't help but agree.
"Come on, let's keep moving. Who knows what else could be in here." I said, subtly hinting that Superboy was here. Good thing Miss M hasn't joined the team yet… .
Robin typed in one last key and the doors slid open before us. "Okay… ." Robin breathed, for some reason stepping forward in shock. "I am officially whelmed." He said as we all looked at the Genomorphs. Unlike the giant Behemoths, these were in test tubes producing their own electricity to power the generator or most likely generators.
"This is how they managed this giant underground facility from the world… !" Kid Flash realized. "The real Cadmus stay off the grid by generating their own power source with these… things." KF said, due to not knowing what the Genomorphs were called. "Must be what they were bred for!"
"Of course, even the name is a clue." Aqualad said. "The Cadmus of myth created new life by sewing dragon teeth into the earth."
"And this Cadmus creates new life too." Robin stated, before walking over to a nearby computer terminal and opened a compartment in his glove, which revealed a USB cable that he took out. "Let's find out why. … . They call them… Genomorphs." Robin explained as he read from the holographic interface he calls a 'portable computer'. "Whoa! Look at the stats of these things!" Robin said in shock, shifting through files of different Genomorphs. "Super strength, telepathy, razor claws… ! These are living weapons!"
"So basically their bastardized versions of Pokémon?" I summed up, folding my arms.
"They're living weapons." Robin stressed on the word 'weapon'. I forgot he was an Eevee fan… .
"Which is why I said their 'bastardized' versions of Pokémon." I said, stressing on 'bastardized'. "Pokémon aside now, we know Cadmus is breeding an army. But for who exactly?" I asked, and we all found the ground interesting as we pondered on who could have founded Cadmus to create the Genomorphs. Well, the sidekicks pondered. I knew who did this. Or rather… remembered… .
"Hey wait… !" Robin said, after going through Cadmus files again to see if he could find who founded Cadmus and for what purpose. "There's another file… . Project Kr… . … Ugh! The files tripled encrypted! I can't-" And cue Guardian yelling out the universal "Don't move!" on us.
We turned our heads and saw Guardian running into the rooms with more humanoid Genomorphs. His eyes widened in surprise when he realized who we were. "Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash and Spider-Man? What are you kids doing here?"
"At least he got your name right." Robin said to KF with amusement as he began downloading all the files he could.
Aqualad stepped forward when he realized who the man was. "I know you… . Guardian… a hero."
"I try my best." Guardian stated, without so much as batting an eyelash.
"Well then what are you doing here?" Kid Flash asked, obviously because a hero like Guardian shouldn't been in Cadmus with noble intentions.
"I'm the chief of security here, and you're trespassing. But we can call up the Justice League and sort this whole thing out." He said, hoping for a peaceful resolution.
"You think the League is going to approve of you breeding weapons?" Kid Flash asked with a frown, angry that Guardian would try to play something like this off as if it was nothing huge.
"Weapons?" Guardian asked, his tone of voice saying his was confused but again he didn't as so much as bat an eyelash. Wow, this guy is good. And then the Genomorph on his shoulder began mind controlling him. "What have I… ?" Guardian asked himself, not showing that much reaction before putting his shield hand on his head as if to battle the mind control.
"He's being mind controlled by that Genomorph on his shoulder!" I warned the others.
"Ugh… my head… ." Guardian groaned out.
"What should we do?" Aqualad question.
"Take the chance to run, duh!" I said, but unfortunately the Genomorph had finally succeeded on brainwashing Guardian who ordered the rest of the Genomorphs to attack. "So much for that. Ave-Team! Take, them, down!" I said. With that Robin threw down a smoke pellet in front of us and we all took on some Genomorph. I had no doubt Robin took the chance to find an elevator to escape to sub-level 52 the moment I heard him using a grappling gun onto a supporting structure in the room.
And unlike in the show, Guardian for some reason decided to tackle me instead of Aqualad! "Guardian, you know what Cadmus is doing is wrong! Don't let these Genomorphs control you! Fight it!" I said to the hero in front of him. From what I can tell, Guardian could probably be this dimension's version of Captain America. Now if only he got the shield and color right. Wait, focus Spidey! Spider-Sense or not the man (or clone. Actually I don't remember if he's a clone or not) is a formidable opponent.
"Hammer time!" I said, managing to daze Guardian long enough to form a hammer with my webs (how the hell I managed to do this I don't know but I'm not going to complain!) and slammed it onto the Captain America wannabe (for now at least). Finding Aqualad through the smoke, who had caught up with Kid Flash, we all looked at each other and nodded before running back the way we came, with Genomorphs in tow.
KF being KF, he ran ahead while me and Aqualad looked back. Then we started running to the others. Except I shot multiple webs back at the Genomorphs, which expanded into giant spiderwebs which blocked the corridor we were in. I then shot a web into the elevator Robin just hacked and grabbed Aqualad so we could quickly pull ourselves in. After gaining our breathes, Aqualad noticed we were going down.
"Dude, out is up!" Kid Flash berated the youngest sidekick.
"Excuse me, Project Kr?" Robin reminded him. "It's down, on sub-level 52!"
"This is getting out of control." Aqualad told me.
"Just because we're caught doesn't mean we're over our heads. I personally promise to you all three of you, that I will get you out here safe and sound. We're all going to be fine, trust me." I told them. "But of course, that doesn't mean we can't warn the League on what's going on." I said, reaching to my earpiece only to hear static. "… Yeah okay we're too far underground to get a signal. Guess whatever Project Kr is, they don't want any meddling kids to call for backup if they ever try to steal it." I got confused looks due to my choice of words.
"Why would we… ?" Kid Flash started but I put up a hand to say "Stop".
"It was just my personal choice of words. Deal with it." I stated. Then the elevator open. "And KF? No running off on your own." I told him. We all hid behind a few explosive barrels (what were in these things anyway?), with Aqualad questioning Robin on where to go to.
"Halt!" We all heard Dubbilex say, which cause our heads to snap right into his direction.
"Bizarre-looking hallway number 2 it is!" I said, shooting web strands onto the sidekicks and pulling them along for a ride as I web swing to where Superboy was.
"You know some of us can run fine by ourselves!" Kid Flash said.
"Start running then!" I said, dropping Kid Flash who began running ahead. Show off… . Luckily though, he managed to keep the door which had the words 'Project Kr' in neon green open long enough for us to get in, and me quickly kicking the barrel keeping the door open just in time to make sure no Genomorphs get in or Guardian or any scientists. "Robin!" I called out.
"Already working on it!" Robin said, hacking away into Cadmus systems. "Done! Alright we're safe… for now." Robin stated.
"You mean we're trapped." Aqualad said.
"Uh… guys?" Kid Flash rang, causing us to look at him. "You might want to take a look at this… ." KF pressed a button on the computer terminal, which lit up the pod to reveal us an asleep Superboy. "Big 'K', little 'r'! The atomic symbol for krypton!" Kid Flash realized. "Clone?" KF wondered.
"Robin, hack." I ordered before Aqualad had the chance. Sorry big guy.
"R-right, right." Robin said, the shock starting to wear off. And as if he was a natural, the little bird managed to quickly hack his way into the terminal. "Weapon Designation: Superboy… . A clone force grown in… 16 weeks!-?" Robin read off in shock.
"The guy looks about 16, so I guess that means one year per week. That's pretty fast." I acknowledged.
"With DNA acquired from Superman… ." Robin continued.
"Stolen from Superman." Aqualad corrected.
"No way the big guy knows about this!" Kid Flash stated.
"Solar Suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7!" Robin continued again.
"And these… creatures?" Aqualad pointed out to the Genomorphs that were podded right above Superboy's head.
"Genomoprh-Gnomes." Robin read off the name. "Telepathic. Force-feeding him an education."
"And we can guess what else… ." Kid Flash said grimly.
"Welcome to the real world boys. It's not really 'save the princess and live happily ever after'." I told them. I knew, long before I got into the hero work. Hell, before I was born into this universe! "We can't let this go on. Whoever is the mastermind behind Cadmus… 'he', 'she' or maybe even 'they' is making a slave out of Superman's… well… younger twin brother." I said.
"Don't you mean son… ?" Kid Flash 'corrected'.
"Oh yeah? Who's the mother?" I asked, folding my arms. "The answer; Superman's mom. The father; Superman's dad. He was cloned from Superman. Meaning he shares the Man of Steel's DNA. Just like twins share the same DNA. He's like, a twin brother only years younger." I explained.
"Hm… . I guess that makes more sense." Kid Flash said now that he actually thought about it.
"So now what?" Aqualad asked. I'm pretty sure he wanted to contact the League but there was no signal down here.
"… Let him out." I said. "When Guardian was about to get mind controlled, I saw the Genomorph on his shoulder horns glowing. It looks like the Genomorph educating Superboy haven't been told yet what to do." And then as if on que, we all saw the horns began to glow briefly before it stopped. "… Okay now I'm at a lost on what we should do. Any suggestions?" I asked, turning to them.
"This is wrong. We can't just leave him like this." Kid Flash stated.
"But if we set him free, he'll most likely attack us." Robin said.
"What about you Spider-Man? What do you wish to do?" Aqualad asked him.
"I want to set him free but I don't want to risk the chance of this team getting captured in the process." I stated, folding my arms again.
"… ." Aqualad stayed quiet on that, pondering my words. "Set him free." Aqualad told Robin.
"You sure?" Robin asked.
"… . I'm sure." This time for sure Aqualad said. With that Robin hacked and opened the pod.
"Get ready for a big fight boys." I warned them. They nodded as Superboy began flexing his hand. About a second after he opened his eyes, Superboy immediately tackled the person right in front of him, which was Aqualad. "Hey, get off him!" I said, webbing onto the clone and threw him to his pod. "You okay?" I asked, helping the Atlantean up. He nodded before turning his attention to Superboy who slowly got back up.
"Calm down Supey… ." Kid Flash said cautiously.
"We're on your side… ." Robin also said cautiously. Superboy however, merely narrowed his eyes before charging at me. Though Kid Flash quickly blocked his way and they briefly scuffled before Superboy managed to knock him out with one punch. "KF! Okay, that's it! I didn't want to this!" Robin said, tossing something into Superboy's mouth (wow that kid has deadly aim), which occupied Superboy long enough for me to start webbing him to the point he can no longer move.
I let out sigh of relief. "Robin go get Kid Flash." I ordered the Boy Wonder, who nodded and did so. Me and Aqualad stared down onto the struggling clone. "It's no use. Those webs can hold down Wonder Woman if used properly. And judging by the way you're still struggling, you're at least just as strong as Wonder Woman for the moment, right?" I said. Seeing struggling was futile, Superboy stopped and just decided to glare at us.
"We were only trying to help you." Aqualad stated. "So why did you attack us?"
"I was telepathically told to attack you, I... acted on instinct." Superboy said, surprising us. "I was ordered to attack so I chose to do what I was commanded to do."
"You chose to obey? Does that mean you're not under control by the Genomorphs?" Aqualad asked.
"They… suggest things to me, but I can choose whether or not to obey their commands." Superboy answered.
"Okay, so those doors back there are sealed, and you're tied up. We might as well talk." I stated. "Actually, now that I think about it, Robin!" The Boy Wonder quickly turned to face me. "Go check on the security just to make sure they won't get a breakthrough with the hacking." Nodding, Robin set KF down before going to check on the doors. "Anyway, the Genomorphs taught you things, am I correct?" I addressed to Superboy.
"The Genomorphs taught me how to read and write. I also know the names of things and have been fully tutored in Human history." Superboy answered.
Groaning, KF woke up. "W-What!-? What happened!-?" KF said, getting up.
"You got knocked out by one punch. Don't worry, we managed." I answered.
"Aw man!" whined Wally. No wait, call him Kid Flash while on a mission Spidey. Aqualad, with a small amused smile, put a comforting hand on the red head's shoulder as Robin walked back to us.
Robin then asked thoughtfully; "Have you… actually seen the outside world? Like, have you ever seen the sky, sun or moon?"
"Images have been implanted in my mind… ," Superboy answered. "… but... no, I have never seen them."
"Do you even know who you are?" Kid Flash asked.
"I am the Superboy, a clone of the Superman. Created to replace him should he perish, destroy him should he turn from the Light."
Okay, now that was just plain disturbing. Mainly because how emotionless Superboy was when talking about killing Superman.
"Wanting to be like Superman is… a worthy goal. But you will never achieve it by staying down here." Aqualad said.
"Why not? Cadmus is my home! It's given me life and the knowledge to replace Superman!" He yelled angrily, he tried in vain to break my webbing but true to my word; it continued to hold strong.
"Knowing about Superman and being like him are too different things. You need to understand his drives and motivations, the things that make him who he is, that make him do what he does." I retorted.
"What would you know about it? You're just Humans, he's a Kryptonian." Superboy retorted back.
"True… ." I admitted. "However, he was raised by Human parents and grew up among us. It's his love and faith in humanity that makes him willing to fight for us… willing to die protecting this planet. He may have come from another world…but I think that Superman considers the Earth as his home." I answered. I had the pleasure of meeting Superman a few times. Good guy. A bit boy scoutish… but good guy. While he doesn't see eye to eye with me (mostly because my faith in humanity only lies within the children, not the adults), we would trust each other to protect each other's lives if the situation demands it. "He is more Human then Kryptonian, if you ever want to be like him you have to live among us, live just like he did. That's something you'll never be able to do if you just stay here."
Superboy stared at the floor thinking about what I just said. This lab… it was probably all he had the pleasure of knowing for himself instead of G-Gnomes teaching him, throughout his entire (short) life. The idea of leaving was probably frightening to the poor guy (not that he would admit it, I just know). But now, he had made his choice. "If I help you escape this place…will you show me the surface world?" A good one at that.
At this Kid Flash let out grin. "I'll show you everything, the sky, moon, sun, and the hot girls! Just stick with me Supey I'll show you all the good stuff!"
"Ha! More like he's going to take you around Central City, get you in trouble, and chase all the girls away!" Robin said laughing. And just like that we were all best friends.
Aqualad merely shook his head at his friends antics before helping Superboy get out of my webbing. In fact, we all did. "Thank you… ." Superboy muttered as we help him got up. I extended my hand, and after staring at it he shook it.
"Alright, we all know the plan." I said, after a minute of planning. The others nodded before we all hid in the shadows, while Superboy walked towards the door and ripped it opened. Walking in was Desmond and Guardian.
"… ? Where are the intruders!-?" Desmond asked angrily. Superboy answered with a (restrained hopefully) punch in the face. Seeing Superboy going rogue, Guardian was about to step in but I landed on top of him.
"Move, move!" I yelled out to the others. Dropping from the ceiling, the others quickly followed my lead. We all kept running (with KF letting us keep up with him) until some of the Behemoth Genomorphs blocked our way. We look back to find the pods in the tunnels glowing and spawning the same type of Genomorphs that Guardian took with him. We looked back at the Behemoths. "... Well I got nothing. Superboy?"
And the moment I turn to him, he tackled the Behemoths head on, giving me and the others time to go past the Behemoths. We then look back to Superboy who's fighting was making the tunnel shake. "Superboy! The goal is to escape, not to bury ourselves!" Aqualad called out to him.
"YOU WANT ESCAPE!-?"
Bwahahaha! Suddenly I stopped right there! Why? Because that was an inappropriate place for a cliffhanger and I took it! Hahahaha! Okay, sorry for stopping right there guys but hey; I hope you enjoyed it. Please review.
