AN:
I have a confession to make. This was just a plot bunny that came out when I saw Eleanor Lamb from the second Bioshock game and then watched the Young Justice cartoon right after that. That gave me a crazy dream about the whole plot for Young Lamb of Justice. Also, maybe it had something to do with the fact that I stayed up the whole night before going to bed.
Response to the reviews:
edboy4926 and darkangelwp- Sorry to disappoint you but I'm not going to make Eleanor kill Black Manta because he's still important to the story and his death would cause too much disruption to a plan I came up with that requires him to be alive. He's not important in them but it just needs him to be alive for it to happen. I can only tell you though is that it's gonna happen while Aqualad is in Atlantis (season one, episode eight "Downtime").
Mister E- You… Used… The… Phrase… Must… Obey. I'm just kidding, but you can expect that I will make that into an arc. Also, Sander Cohen was driven insane because of ADAM like all splicers while the Joker is just one crazy son of a bitch. If you read the comics, Joker once hired someone to rip off his own face that he then wore like mask when he got it back. So hands down, the winner is the Clown Prince of Crime.
The creation of Rapture was more than twenty years ago so Bruce Wayne would have been in his late teens or early twenties so he wasn't the head of his company yet. He would have heard of Andrew Ryan but not know him personally or about his "Project".
Jack Ryan won't show up early in the story because no one has heard of him after he left Rapture. So don't expect to see him anytime soon. Eleanor will still look for him in her spare time though.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bioshock 2 or Young Justice.
Chapter 3
Black Manta was in one of the toughest battles of his life. It was almost as difficult as the time he fought Aquaman without his men while his nemesis had an army of great white sharks at his disposal. That was the only moment that Manta feared for his life. But he still survived that encounter mostly intact. The one he was currently facing was bit more frightening since the enemy was alone while he had a whole squadron to support him and they were being beaten back.
For lack of better terms, it was suffice to say: they're screwed.
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Back with the Team
"We should really go and help out," the Boy Wonder stated.
"I'm pretty sure that the guy has it covered," replied Kid Flash to Robin as he gestured to the one-sided battle taking place before them.
"No, he's gonna kill Black Manta if we don't do something!"
He was already heading out after his exclamation. The rest then followed suit.
Manta may have been a wanted criminal but they don't execute the bad guys no matter what. So even though they were a bit tempted to just let the guy get killed, they immediately went to his rescue.
Not a moment too soon, the stranger took out the rest and held the villain by the throat. His needle was raised to deliver the killing blow only to find a birdarang deflecting it. The speedster made an instant dash and grabbed Black Manta to bring him to safety. Aqualad used his water bearers to send a torrent of water at the stranger to put out his blazing hands and send him away from Manta. The stranger turned his attention to the three heroes that interfered, the porthole glowing blood red.
The thoughts that the three shared were along the lines of "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!"
Superboy quickly tackled the stranger before he could attack his friends and pinned him onto the deck. Miss Martian used her telekinesis to help in restraining the angered superhuman pinned under the Kryptonian.
Superboy was suddenly holding empty air with a purple haze dispersing from where he was holding the diver.
{Superboy, look out!}
He barely had time to register the warning when two metal boots slammed into his face. He found himself being straddled by the metal superhuman that had his weapon about to strike him down. Superboy was confident that the needle wasn't strong enough to hurt him because of his invulnerability but the kick did hurt and probably bruised him as well.
The Boy Wonder threw a small barrage of birdarangs at the thin metal golem who simply raised his hand. The birdarangs were immediately stopped in midair as if an invisible force held on to them. They were then sent flying back at the sender with a flick of the intended target's wrist.
{This guy can throw fireballs and has telekinesis! I thought only Martians could do that!} exclaimed the speedster through their mind link as he and Robin were dodging the returned birdarangs. {I mean the telekinesis part.}
Superboy quickly took advantage at his assailant's distraction by delivering a right super-powered punch on the porthole, cracking it in the process. He was sent flying off of the Kryptonian.
{That kick hurt. A lot.} he told them as he got back up and readied himself for a tough battle.
{We should also watch out for that needle. From what I could tell on Black Manta's injuries, it easily pierced their armor and nearly killed him.} Robin warned the rest of them, which explained why he attempted to save Superboy despite knowing about his invulnerability. They didn't know if the it was strong enough to hurt the strongest in their team and it could prove fatal if it did.
{Superboy will take on the enemy while Robin, and I shall provide support. Kid Flash and Miss Martian will evacuate the prisoners.} Aqualad ordered them as he turned his water bearers into hammers and charged at the diver with the Kryptonian and the Boy Wonder following behind him.
The speedster and Martian went to work on dismantling the door of the dome where the supposed prisoners were while the rest distracted the skinny armored stranger. The door's lock mechanism wasn't anything he had ever seen before and he didn't have a clue on how to open it without breaking it, which could be dangerous to the people inside. That problem was easily solved when Miss Martian used her powers to examine and unlock it.
Once the door was opened, the girls started throwing random things like canned food and scrap metal at them. If it weren't for their powers, the two would've been peppered in small bruises.
"It's okay, we're not going to hurt you," Miss Martian attempted to comfort them.
"Yeah, we're the good guys," the speedster joined with a big smile and his thumb pointing to himself.
"NO! You hurt Big Sister!" shouted one of the girls.
"Big Sister?" thought the Martian. She quickly turned her head to see the one that her friends were battling and had a moment realization. "Hello, Megan."
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Eleanor thought it was over. Black Manta and his men were already beaten. Just right when she was about to end the man's life for endangering the girls, more of them appeared. They didn't have the same uniform as Manta's men, but it's obvious that they're here to help him. The attacks they threw at her only confirmed her suspicions.
She observed her new enemies as she regained her bearings. They were all around the same age as her. The one who punched her had short black hair and wore a black shirt with a big red "S" emblem. The youngest also had short black but wore a red and black bodysuit with a cape. The dark skinned boy had some strange lines on his neck that looked like gills. She was currently engaged in combat with them.
They had a major advantage over her. She was already exhausted from the fight with Black Manta and she was merely running on pure adrenaline. They seem to be fully rested and used to facing against like her. Their coordinated attacks also made it extremely difficult for her to concentrate. Whenever she's focused on one of them, the rest would seize the opportunity to land a strike on her.
She could easily brush aside the damage done to her by the dark skinned boy and small boy but the boy in the black t-shirt punches harder than a Brute Splicer.
"If it wasn't for my helmet, that punch earlier could've knocked me out," she took note of the cracks of the porthole that distorted her vision.
{I don't think I can keep going Father.} the Big Sister told her Big Daddy as she struggled to get back up.
Instead of getting a response, flashes of memories went through her mind.
Subject Delta was in front of a Gatherer's Garden. There was the gift that the Little Sister left behind. It was a hypo of some kind with bright blue liquid but he had a feeling that he was going to need it. So without thinking, he injected the hypo onto the opening of his arm. Electricity then arced around his hands and he felt immense pain.
The scene changed and he was now facing of against a group of splicers. He fired a continuous arc of electricity at the nearby enemies, frying their nervous systems. He shot an Electro Bolt at the far away Leadhead Splicers. The electricity chained to the other splicers, stunning them long enough for him to finish them off with his drill.
"The Electro Bolt!" Eleanor realized with a start. It was the most basic plasmid but it was still effective in any situation.
She may not have been injected with the Electro Bolt plasmid but she wasn't injected with the Incinerate, Telekinesis, or Teleportation plasmid either. It was quite possible that she is capable of using it because of the massive amount of experimentation done unto her.
She then focused on the sensation her Big Daddy had whenever he uses that plasmid. She felt the enormous feelings of pins and needles around her arms. It was a bit painful yet energizing. One glance at her hands told her that she had successfully accessed the plasmid.
Before she had the chance to use it, the black shirt boy grabbed her by the shoulder and lifted her up as if she didn't have any weight at all. They were both ready to unleash their respective strike at the other.
"Wait! Stop! She's just protecting them!" a female voice shouted out, interrupting the two superhuman's attacks.
She was then unceremoniously dropped just like that as the ones she was fighting turned towards the one who spoke in surprise.
They all stared at each other as if they were having a conversation. The dark skinned boy had a look of realization and turned to where Black Manta was. The manta-themed villain was nowhere to be seen.
"Damn it! He must have escaped while I was distracted with them."
A green skinned girl in a white blouse and blue skirt flew—wait flew- up to her and offered a hand with a sheepish smile.
"I must be more tired than I thought I was," Eleanor reluctantly took the hand so the green skinned girl could help her up.
"Aqualad to the Justice League, we have successfully located the vessel." She heard the dark skinned boy talk to his communicator.
[This is Batman; have you found anything that will tell us about the incident?] she heard a gruff voice on the other end with her enhanced hearing.
"They're part of the Justice League," she realized with a start.
They must be part of the League otherwise they wouldn't be in contact with one of the founding members so she ruled out the possibility of them pretending to be League members. Surprisingly, they were all the around same age as her and one of them even looks younger than her. she thought that a team of the most powerful heroes of the planet would have only adults in their roster.
{Shite! I just attack them! What am I going to do?}
{Don't worry. Remember that girl noticed you were trying to protect the little ones and convinced her teammates to stand down?}
She was snapped out of her inner conversation with her father when she heard "Aqualad's" response to the famous Dark Knight. Or what is it infamous, considering the man's reputation and all?
"Yes, we have and also a case long thought to be buried."
A pause.
[Explain.]
"We have found some of the girls that disappeared in the past year and possible information on where the rest are."
[…]
"A woman by the name of Dr. Sofia Lamb was responsible for taking them and is currently in our custody. "
[…Understood. I'm sending you the coordinates for the rendezvous point. I want to have a talk with her.]
Everyone including her shuddered at the thought of Batman having a talk and didn't envy the woman. Eleanor almost felt sorry for her mother, the keyword being almost.
"Alright, I think it is time for you explain your side of the story to us." Aqualad shut off his communicator and focused his gaze on her, as did everyone else.
Still maintaining caution, she removed her damaged helmet. The familiar sound of escaping pressurized air hitting her ears; her short almost black, brown hair falling to her sides as she regards them with piercing blue eyes. It was clear in their reaction that they really weren't expecting on what she actually looked like under her helmet.
"I believe introductions are in order before I tell you," the Big Sister calmly stated in her British accent as if she didn't try to kill them earlier, "My name is Eleanor Lamb and my story is going to be quite long."