I don't own Young Justice.
And in response to the follow up, yeah sex isn't binary but that had very little to do with my point, sex should have nothing to do with personality, and not only is the gender system flawed it should not exist at all.
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Alright. And we are off.
Mount Justice
December 30, 15:45
"Tell me if this sounds familiar, you hacked league systems, disobeyed protocol and endangered your lives and your initiative resulted in the capture of three escaped felons proving Warden Strange runs Bel Reve as a cover for criminal activity. Well done. And then there's this, Biotechnology integrated with some form of nano-circuitry."
"Though I am unfamiliar with this species the bio component is clearly not of earth."
"We'll take it to the watchtower for further study." Batman and Red Tornado head to the Zeta tube.
Rocket floated over to Icon.
"Congratulations on the league thing, sorry I ran out."
"Yes well we both seem to have found teams that suit us."
Black canary reached for Icon's shoulder.
"We should go, don't want to miss the League's induction party." Icon nods at Canary and the two walk of.
"Black Canary 13, Icon 20"
"You realise we were set up."
"Yes, Cheshire and Riddler were tipped and ready for us."
"Not the mole thing again."
"Mole thing, again?"
"We had intel that there was a traitor on the team." Superboy stepped forward.
"Mainly Artemis, M'gaan or me." Superboy turned and stalked towards the hallway.
"It is more complicated than that. But your recent behaviour does concern me. Your attack on Mammoth nearly got Artemis killed… Superboy." Aqualad turned to face Conner who had stopped suddenly. Conner turned to face the team.
"There is something I need to do, something I need to tell you. Last month on thanksgiving I went back to Cadmus, found a few things out, when I was cloned only half the DNA was Superman's the other half was Human, that's why I don't have will never have full Kryptonian powers."
"You sure you sure seemed to have them today." Robin jocked.
"I've been using these, shields, they supress my human DNA, I get the flight the heat vision but I think I also get angry, well angrier. I'm sorry." Conner rubbed one arm.
"Where did you get those?" Aqualad took a step forward.
"From my human father, Lex Luther."
"Lex Luther is your dad!?" Robin almost squawked.
"He summoned me to Santa Prisca."
"Ah, Listen, Superboy isn't the only one suffering from bad DNA." Artemis turned to the holo-computer. "My mother is Huntress, an ex con. The rest of my family isn't even ex. My father is Sportsmaster, and his sending my sister, to Cheshire to fly me to Santa Prisca too." Artemis looked down.
"That's why…" Wally took a step forward.
"I was so desperate to make sure none of you found out..."
"I knew, Hey I'm a detective. It doesn't matter, you're not your family, your one of us." Robin shrugged.
"So who's next?" Wally trows his arm over Artemis's shoulder.
"I am." M'gaan looks down.
"I swear I was kidding."
"Queen Bee has been blackmailing me, she wants me in Santa Prisca too."
"Blackmailing, how?" Aqualad stepped back towards M'gaan.
"She knows my true from."
"Bald M'gaan? Who cares?!" Robin throws up his arms.
"No." M'gaan pales and grows.
"Wow."
'I realised you would never accept me if you saw what I really am.'
"M'gaan did we really seem so shallow."
'I couldn't take the chance. Being a White Martian among the green on Mars I could face that from…'
"From me." Conner walked over to M'gaan and took her hands. The two stared at each other.
"Okay, was I supposed to hear this or should I forget the last few minutes." Faye stepped forwards, closer to the group.
"Faye!" Robin jumped slightly.
"Hey, I'm, ah, supposed to be under constant watch from now on. At least one of the twins had supper-strength and kicking is an issue." Faye shrugged and headed forwards.
"So if we run a sting mission, who's going to stay with Faye?" Aqualad frowns. Faye turned to Robin.
"Got any allies I can hang with for the night?" Robin smirked.
"Maybe, I'm going to call Agent A."
"But shouldn't you ask Batman first?" Robin smirk grew.
"Once shouldn't be an issue."
Mount Justice
December 31, 05:16
"That's correct, the mole was Red Arrow." Faye slipped into the main room after the team. Agent A had slipped away when the team had returned.
"Roy." Robin flinched.
"No way." Wally took a step forward.
"Batman that cannot be. He was green arrows protégé we have all known him for years…" Aqualad reached out to Batman.
"Unfortunately the Roy Harper we have all know for the last three years is another project Cadmus clone." Red Tornado looked up at the team.
"We have learned the real Speedy was abducted and replaced immediately after becoming Green Arrow's sidekick, the clone was preprogramed with a drive to join the Justice League, which is why he was so angry over any delays to his ambition and why he refused to join the team. This Roy Harper had no idea he was a clone or a traitor and his subconscious programing drove him to become League worthy, so he struck out on his own as red arrow. When he was finally admitted his secondary programing kicked in and he attempted to betray the league to Vandal Savage, fortunately I had already deduced that red arrow was a clone we were prepared" Batman was using the holo-computer for visual evidence.
"Savage was subdued but red arrow escaped he is now a fugitive armed and dangerous." Red Tornado looked back at the keypad in front of him.
"If you guys hadn't rescued me from Cadmus." Superboy muttered.
"What happened to the real Roy?" Aqualad stepped forward.
"We don't know he isn't at Cadmus we have to face the possibility that the real Roy Harper is dead." Batman let his hands fall behind his cape.
"The clone Roy, the team will find him." Aqualad half turned to the team.
"Negative red arrow is a member of the Justice League now leave him to us." Batman put a hand to his ear. "I'm needed on the watch tower Tornado stay with the kids." With a swish of his cape Batman strode to the zeta-tube.
"Recognised Batman 02."
'Clone or no clone red arrow is one of us we will go after him.' Faye glanced at Aqualad, surprised she was included in the link. Tornado stepped up behind Aqualad.
'Tornado.'
'What happened to him?'
Robin stepped up to the android and started his wrist computer. 'His totally powered down, all functions off line.'
Zatanna raised her hand to her forehead. 'Guys I'm sensing a low level mystic force at play I don't if it caused his shut down but to think about it I was getting the same mystic buzz of batman.'
Robin looked up. 'Batman he called us kids he never does that.'
Wally crouched next to Robin and took something from Red's hand. 'Look one of those bio-tech chips we confiscated of Cheshire.'
Aqualad turned to the team. 'Something is not right, Robin, Zatanna, Kid Flash, Rocket see if you can get tornado back online the rest with me to find ro... Red Arrow.' Aqualad, Artemis, M'gaan and
Robin looked back at his computer. 'The problem is hardware not software but where do we start.'
Zatanna looked up. "I have a thought." Robin smiled.
07:16
"Download in progress." The four team members stood around the two offline androids.
"So Tornado built this android to party." Faye glanced at Rocket.
"Well not how he'd put it but yeah more or less." Zatanna shrugged.
"Recognised Black Canary 13."
"Hey guys wanted to check in see how you're handling the… what are you doing to Red?" Canary raised her hands defensively.
"It's not how it looks." Wally put his own hands up.
"It looks like your downloading his conciseness into a new body." Canary stepped forward.
"Okay so it's pretty much exactly how it looks but…" Wally looked down as Red in John Smith's body sat up.
"Team get out of the cave now." Canary frowned and opened her mouth. Her canary cry tore Red apart and blew the team and Faye back. Faye cried out and let herself float to the ground.
"Faye?!"Robin called as he stood up from behind Red's slab.
"Explanations later please!" Faye called back as she floated further away from the fight. Robin leaped at Canary who through the boy. A beeping distracted the hero who glanced down to find a small bomb on her shoulder. Rocket placed Canary in a force field as the Bomb exploded into knock out gas. Canary coughed and slumped to the side of the field.
"Black canary attacked us."
"Black canary is the least of our problems, we must abandon the cave." Robin helped Red sit up.
"What about Faye?" Kid Flash looked up at the floating girl who let herself touch down on the ground once more.
"Keep out of sight, they won't consider her a threat, she should be safe for now." Red pointed to the Super-cycle. Robin and Rocket walked over to sphere. "We need to go."
"Got it, head to the bedrooms, use a spare and…go now." Robin jumped into the Cycle the rest of the team followed. Faye ran into the hallway and out of sight, slipping into a spare bedroom.
"Recognised Icon 20, Doctor Fate 17, Captain Marvel 15." Faye slipped into the room's cupboard. Faye heard footsteps, the doors opening then closing. Then nothing. "Recognised Icon 20, Doctor Fate 17, Captain Marvel 15." Faye slipped out from the cupboard and into the communications room.
23:59
Faye turned to look at the Holo-screen, the team's coms were still active but nothing was coming through, M'gaan had to be using a telepathic link. Faye sighed and looked down at the ground, letting herself hover slightly had made the hours of waiting easier she hadn't practiced in years. But she still couldn't control anything but her altitude. Frowning Faye reached out her hand and attempted to pull herself closer to the wall. A boom sounded behind her and Faye let her self drop. Spinning around Faye spotted a portal thing and the two me stepping off it. The taller of the two looked old, at least to Faye who had been stuck away from society for the past seven months, he had a three old scars crossing his face. The other man was young, more of a teen than a man, black hair, pointy nose and beady eyes caught Faye's attention. He was almost pretty, in a creepy way.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Faye took a few steps backwards, heading toward the Holo-screen and her contact with the team.
"Klarion, if you would." The older of the two turned away from Faye and stepped back towards the portal.
"What…?" Faye gasped as red light streamed from the teen's palms and surrounded her. Forming a giant hand the light lifted the girl up and brought her towards the portal. "No. let me down!" Faye tried lifting the boy up, but couldn't focus. The hand brought her to the older man who grabbed Faye's neck. Pressing down he waved at Klarion who let the magic holding the girl fade. The girl dropped. Savage caught the girls arm and lifted her into his own.
"So, why are we collecting a pregnant girl?" Klarion waved in Faye's direction.
"The child will be a valuable resource." Savage replied, stepping back into the portal.
"Whatever" Klarion shrugged and stepped in after the man. The Portal disappeared with a second boom.
And this is why the last Chapter was so short. Not so sure how far Faye's powers will go but they play a role later on so there.
Thanks for reading
Min
