Dea: Hi there, everyone! Me and GG–
GG: GG and I...
Dea: Whatever. Anyway, here's an update! And it's fast! Kind of. For us, at least.
GG: This will answer a few questions.
Wally stared at the girl for a few seconds. "Um...what's your deal, lady?"
Alexis turned to him. "What?"
"Why did you randomly kidnap me and take me to your house?" Wally demanded. "Look, you probably haven't been at this for very long, but villains usually don't randomly kidnap heroes and take them to their lair. Well, they do sometimes kidnap heroes, but they never take them to their home."
"Oh, this isn't just my home," Alexis said, smirking. "It's a trap." She hit a hidden button and bars covered the windows and doors. Fire started to engulf Alexis again.
"And before you get any ideas," she said as she faded away, "you can't vibrate through the walls. But don't worry. We won't hurt you. All we want is to talk..."
Wally felt like he was alone in the room for years. It was only an hour. He spent the time trying to vibrate through the walls, but Alexis had been correct. He couldn't. He eventually gave up and sat down on the bed.
Suddenly, without warning, a ghostly figure appeared in the room.
"Hello, Wally," it said in a soft voice. "Welcome home."
"This isn't my home," Wally hissed. "It's Alexis'."
"But doesn't it feel like home? Alexis is part of a new, small group for those with powers. We're all teenagers. Even though you call us 'villains', we're more of a family."
Wally opened his mouth, then closed it. The ghost-person had made no sense whatsoever.
The ghost seemed to understand. "I'm sorry if I confuse you. I have the ability to be in several places at once, and my mind gets a little mixed up when I do."
Wally nodded slowly. The ghost disappeared and, in his place, there was a TV. Wally turned it on, and he was immediately greeted with an action scene. It wasn't any team he had heard of; it was a group of about five teenagers, and they seemed to be robbing STAR labs. He recognized Alexis, but the others were unfamiliar. There was a tall young man who seemed to be the leader. When he separated into two ghostly figures to take down a security guard, Wally realized he wasthe same figure who had been in the room only moments before. The other three were completely new to Wally. One was a tall girl with silvery hair and a pale blue jumpsuit. She seemed to be surrounded with a faint mist, and she seemed to surround the guards with yellow mist, which made them pass out. There was also a boy, wearing what seemed like a skintight toga, who rapidly fired thunderbolts, darkness, and water upon the guards. Lastly, there was a small girl with brown pigtails and a green dress who fired what seemed to be cookies. The fight was over in a matter of minutes.
Alexis returned a few minutes after Wally watched the video.
"Wally," she said seriously, "I–we want you to join our team."
Wally stared at her blankly, then his eyes shifted to the screen. Memories flashed through his mind: M'Gann and Conner kissing, Artemis arguing with him, Kaldur shaking his head in dismay as Wally messes up for the millionth time... And Wally realized that the only person who he'd really liked on the team was Robin. And he'd heard rumors of a fight between Robin and Batman, and that Robin may or may not go solo. Wally sighed. Would it be wrong to try a new team? Just for the day.
"Okay," he said. "But if I don't like it, you have to promise to let me return."
"We promise," Alexis said too quickly. "But we'll have to erase your memory of us. Can't let you go ratting us out."
Wally nodded. It seemgainer enough.
"Good!" Alexis said brightly. "Now let's meet the team!"
Alexis used her fire-travel to transport Wally to an empty room. She said a word. It was obviously a password of some sort, because the room was soon filled with technological stuff and a few punching bags. Four other people, the ones Wallh had seen in the video, came out of a hidden door.
"Who's he?" the tiny girl with the green dress demanded.
The older girl who was shrouded in mist gasped. "It's Kid Flash! Deamon, what did you do? Why'd you bring him here? Nowthe League'll get us for sure!"
"It's okay," Alexis said. "He's going to join us. And Shadow already talked to him."
The ghost man nodded and stepped forward. "Deamon, would you kindly tell Kid Flash about us? It is all right to tell him our real names and powers. After that we will need to give him a new name."
"What's wrong with my name?" Wally demanded.
Shadow smiled. "It's too similar to the Flash's for our comfort."
"Okay," Alexis said brightly. "You already know me. That's Shadow, or Jackson Ferring. He can create ghostly versions of himslef, which are real ghosts. That's Mist." The girl in the blue jumpsuit waved. "She has control over mist. Her real name's Annika Smith. That's her brother, Myth." The boy in the toga smirked. "He has the power of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. He's also known as Jason Smith. And lastly, our littlest member is Scout, or Sarah Phillis." The little girl jumped up and down. "Superman may be the Big Blue Boy Scout, bue we villains have our own scout now. She's an expert gymnast, and can create cookies out of thin air, a very useful skill if I do say so myself." Alexis rubbed her stomach. "Now that you've met the team, we need to decide on your name. Ideas, anyone?"
Ha ha ha, a cliffie! I'm eeeevil!
Okay. Explaining time. I don't know very many young villains at all. In fact, the only one I know of is Klarion, and he didn't suit my purpose. I'm sorry if these characters seem like Mary Sues, but that was intentional. If Alexis wanted to push Wally over to her side, wouldn't she want to put her team in the best possible light? No weaknesses were mentioned, but there will be clues in later chapters.
Another thing. Wally was chosen because he seemed like the easiest to convince to come to the dark side, according to Alexis and the others. Speaking of, I need a name for them. Would you help?
Lastly, I'm sorry about this chapter. It didn't turn out like I wanted it to at all. The reason is that, after GG and I did the first section, I got sick. In bed, with nothing to do, I finished it. Bad idea, Dea.
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