Holy hell y'all. It was a long one to try and come up with a fight scene for the three renegades and the young justice team. But I think for their first fight, it's a good one all things considered. But I'm not gonna spoil it, so sit back, relax and enjoy this new chapter.
Date: August 25th, 2023
Location: Montgomery Texas
Lincoln High School
Normal POV
Today, Richard had his first day of his senior year, and needless to say, he wasn't too happy about still having to go to school. The only reason he was going was because he needed a way to not draw suspicion from that junior justice league and because his father told him so. This isn't to say that he's not a good student, he just feels like school is pointless. The only classes he has relate to anything AG or shop.
Pulling up in his 1990 Dodge W250 Cummins (for any of you car nerds, yes, he did a p-pump conversion), he got out and headed to pick up his schedule when something caught his eye that made him internally groan. He saw 4 out of 7 of the Junior Justice League members at the school: Robin, Supergirl, Superboy, and Miss Martian. Walking past them, he didn't dare make eye contact or make any gestures indicating that he recognized them. Pulling out his phone, he texted the encrypted group chat his father made with the team.
Richard: You're never gonna guess who just enrolled at my school.
Carter: don't tell us it's those Junior Justice League cunts, mate.
Richard: Unfortunately, and not only that, they brought the Martian chick. They make it too damn easy to recognize them in plain clothes.
Matthew: Keep a low profile, son, I'll take a look at their enrollment and see who was responsible for it.
Richard: 10-4 pops.
He pocketed his phone and headed into the shop, where he met with his shop teacher, Mr James Patrick, or as some of his students call him, Pat-Pat. They greeted one another and got to work. As he was cutting some diamond plate for a ranch hand-style bumper for his truck, he noticed out of the corner of his eye two members of the league. Robin and Superboy.
Richard: mentally great… boy wonder and the half-Kryptonian are here.
He then heard Patrick call his name, "Richard, mind coming over here, got some newbies for you to greet."
The shop rat then turned off the gas and oxygen on his cutting torch, set it down, removed his face shield, and walked over to Powell, Connor, and Dick.
"This is Dick Grayson and Connor Kent," Patrick introduced the two to him, "This is Richard Meyers."
"Howdy," he greeted with a smile while shaking both of their hands and when he got to Connor, "Damn, hell of a grip ya got there."
"I got good grip strength," Connor said nonchalantly.
Patrick then told Richard to help the two get situated with the shop and tell them where all the equipment was and such. In the back of his mind, he was wondering what their true purpose at his school was. Thankfully, he didn't have but 2 periods as he already did his credits over the last semester so he didn't need to do anything else.
After his classes were over, he decided to find out where the other two members, Kara and M'gann, were at, and it turns out they both signed up to be cheerleaders. Should've figured that, since they seemed like the kind to do that. The only question is where the hell were the other three? He decided to open up the group chat again.
Richard: hey pops, I'm done with school, and now I got some more info about which members are at my school.
Matthew: What do you got son?
Richard: Only four out of the seven members are at my school: Dick Grayson, Connor Kent, Kara Danvers, and Megan Morse or M'gann Morzz. Essentially, we got the Boy Wonder, the martian, and two Kryptonians to worry about, which leaves the archer, speedster, and atlantean out.
Carter: A'ight mate just come by the marina and we'll discuss it, for now, lay low.
Richard: Sounds good, cya.
He puts his phone away and accidentally bumped into a girl with glasses, knocking her books down.
Richard: Oh my bad, ma'am, let me help you.
Kara: oh thank you, I guess I wasn't watching where I was going.
Richard recognized the girl to be Kara, and he almost did a double take, thankfully, he was able to keep himself composed while helping the Kryptonian pick up her books.
Richard: I'm Richard, Richard Meyers. Held out his hand
Kara: Kara Danvers, Shook it
Richard: Smiling. Well, Kara, I gotta go, I got some things i gotta take care of, and you have a blessed day.
Kara: oh thank you, Richard, and I'll try… giggling nervously
Grinning, Richard then made his way to his Dodge. As soon as he got into it, he let out a sigh of relief, like he was holding in his breath for a while.
Richard: What the hell, Meyers? Why were you nervous around her? It's not like she knows who you really are so what gives?! Groans in frustration
Shaking his head in annoyance, he puts the truck in gear (it's an NV5600 tranny in case anyone is curious, not that nv4500) and heads back to the marina, to go over and make plans.
-Timeskip-
When he gets to the marina, he pulls into the mechanics shop where he finds one of the techs, another Aussie by the name of Dingo, currently screaming profanities because he was doing some wiring and shocked the piss outta himself. Dingo sounds like if a Death metal singer was an Aussie.
Dingo: YA DAFT CUNT! SHOCKING THE EVERLOVING FAUK OUTTA MOI!
Richard: Walking in, chuckling Electrical trouble, Dingo?
Dingo: Richard, you Fuck knuckle, what does it look like im doing? I'm about to thundercunt my faukin wrench across this bloody room!
Richard: Sounds like it, Laughs Hey you know where my dad is?
Dingo: Oh he's dealing with some cunt whinging about the prices of renting a space here.
Richard: Thanks Dingo.
Dingo: All good mate, now time for me to keep on yelling at this FUCKING DAFT CUNT OF AN ELECTRICAL!
Richard then went inside laughing his ass off at the absolute crackhead energy the Aussie brings to the shop. He then found his dad who was still dealing with a customer bitching about the pricing. When Anthony saw his son, he stopped with the bitchy customer and went with his son to talk about what he found at school.
Matthew: so, what did you find out, son?
Richard: The junior justice league is trying to find out who I am, so they might be going to all the schools in the area to do so. Two of them are in my Ag Mech class, and the other two are cheerleaders.
The vigilante declined to tell his old man about encountering Kara in the hallways and getting a bit flustered on the inside. He figured it was just a fluke. But nonetheless, they had information and now it was to decide what will happen.
Richard: Dad, look, the very little information they have about me, is that they somehow figured out I went north. They don't know anything about Tank or crosshairs. But I think if I can lure them out into a secluded area, with Tank's presence we can convince them to leave our city.
Matthew pondered on his son's reasoning and nodded, reluctantly.
Matthew: alright… fine. You can go out on patrol tonight, just, remember who we're really after.
Richard: Mano Sangriento, of course. Gotta take out that short stack of a leader.
The Meyers Patriarch nodded in recognition, letting his son go. Richard then decided to go see his priest for a confession.
-Timeskip-
Location: St Mary's Catholic Church
Time: 5:00 PM
Richard pulled into the parking lot and entered the church for confession, he got into the confessional booth and did the sign of the cross.
Richard: bless me father for I have sinned, it's been three weeks since my last confession.
Father Michael: And what are your sins?
Richard: My sins are using excessive force on someone in order to save another innocent person. At the time, I felt so much rage… at the atrocities, this person committed against the innocent…
Father Michael: sounds like you carry a great rage in you… which is not a bad thing. How you use that rage… is what's important. Do you regret having to resort to such methods?
Richard: I… well… I like to think so… but I can't help but feel that they deserve penance for their crimes against the innocent.
Father Michael: hm… in this world, we cannot be judge, jury, and executioner, but considering they were harming innocents… I believe you had good intentions. Your penance is 3 Hail Marys, an Act of contrition, and reflecting on your anger.
Richard: Thank you, Father. Did the sign of the cross
Father Michael: In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
Richard: Amen.
Richard then stood up and walked out of the booth and out to his truck, and headed back to the marina to prepare for the patrol.
-Timeskip-
With the team in the bioship, which is currently cloaked, they're circling the city to find any signs of Blackhawk. Feeling a bit pissed that the vigilante got the drop on him the other night, KF was eager to catch him and bring him in.
Kid Flash: Man… where is this asshole, the sooner we can get his ass, the happier I'll be.
Robin: Still salty about him getting the drop on your ass like that Wally? He chuckled
Kid Flash: Can it bird boy.
Aqualad: Focus you two, we're here to find the rest of the Renegades. We only found one, but we have no idea who the others are, or how many there are.
The team then nodded and continued their patrol over the city, what they don't realize is their presence has already been known by the renegades, who are currently driving in their blacked out Tahoe, with Richard behind the wheel.
The Tahoe is an RST trim that they found at a salvage auction. They replaced the 5.3 V8 with an LT4 crate motor directly from Chevrolet. Dingo also customized an exhaust to where it's quieter than usual, to keep it stealthy, but also quick, as it's been upgraded with coilovers and stickier tires.
As they're driving, Carter is going through mountains upon mountains of info to find out where the Sinaloa Cartel is doing a drug exchange later that night. Little does the cartel know, their angels of death await them.
Blackhawk: So, you figured out where they're doing the drug trade?
Crosshairs: Ya, its an abandoned building off of Schweikhardt street, mate.
Blackhawk: Sounds good. Time for assholes to die.
Tank: Chuckled These poor, poor dumbasses… they have no idea what their fate awaits.
The three vigilantes all laughed darkly as they were trying to figure out how they were gonna take out the cartel members and destroy the fentanyl. Meanwhile, the team drops off a few members to do reconnaissance, completely unaware of what's about to happen.
Aqualad: Miss Martian, mind link.
Miss martian then nodded and linked everyone up via mind link.
Miss Martian: Are you sure this is a good idea to keep on trying to find them? I mean… they can't be all that bad right?
Robin: Batman and the league wants us to find these guys and bring them in. Also that Blackhawk guy attacked Kid and Supergirl.
Aqualad: we have our orders. We are to bring them in, and either convince them to join us, or be put in prison.
Miss Martian, nodded, still unsure of going up against 3 unknowns like this. She felt a bit nervous as to what else they could do.
Back with the Renegades, Tank and Blackhawk make their way to the abandoned building, with Crosshairs providing cover fire. Another thing the Aussie sharpshooter did was hack into the powergrid, so they can set fear into the hearts of the cartel.
The two other renegades got into position, ready to strike. Blackhawk was on the roof, while Tank was behind a shipping container.
Blackhawk: Crosshairs?
Crosshairs: Yeah Mate?
Blackhawk: Do us a solid and cut the lights.
Crosshairs: grins darkly With pleasure… cuts the power in the area remotely.
With the power cut, the exchange of the fentanyl was halted as the loss of lighting set confusion into the minds of the cartel, unaware of their impending danger. Then, they heard creepy and eerie clicking, before one of their members screamed before they were decapitated by an unknown force, and the head was sent rolling to one of the other goons, who immediately opened fire out of panic.
Then, out of nowhere, one of the shipping containers was thrown into more of the cartel members, killing them instantly, as well as hitting some of the Suburbans and an Escalade as well. This did not help soothe the fear of being attacked by an unknown force. It seemed that bullets weren't helping as this other force seemed to be unstoppable.
At that point, all hell has broken loose. There were heads flying, bodies dropping, and bullets being sprayed. Then, Blackhawk started to torch the crates containing the fentanyl. All the drugs were destroyed thanks to his effort. The boss then got afraid and tried to run, but Crosshairs put a round through his kneecaps, sending waves of pain into the cartel member.
When the lights were cut back on, the result was a massacre. There was blood and unidentifiable masses of bodies everywhere. Heads have been removed from their bodies, product was burning, Suburbans and Escalades destroyed, and all that was left was the boss desperately trying to crawl away, when Blackhawk approached him and stepped on his wounded leg, making him cry out in pain.
The vicious vigilante then dropped two things in front of the boss. The first was his lieutenant's head, eyes still open, and the other was a pack of fentanyl. The boss then realized what was about to happen as he fearfully turned to look at the vigilante who had a murderous look on his masked face.
Blackhawk: You figure out what I'm gonna do to you, scum?
The fearful boss nodded, but Blackhawk explained anyway. He grabbed the packet of fentanyl and opened it up.
Blackhawk: Tank, if you will.
The muscle then roughly pulled the boss up, holding his hands behind his back. Blackhawk then lifted the packet up to the boss' face. He also grabbed the back of the boss' head to further control him.
Blackhawk: Since you like selling this poison out to kids… let's see how you handle a healthy serving of it.
But before he could force the boss to inhale the fenny, he got hit with an arrow in the shoulder, making him stumble, and drop the fenny. Growling in frustration, he pulled the arrow out, thankfully it didn't penetrate his body armor.
It turns out the arrow was from Artemis herself, who was joined by the rest of the team. Sighing in irritation, Blackhawk threw the arrow away, and Tank simply snapped the neck of the boss, killing him instantly.
Blackhawk: You're tenacious, I'll give you that.
Aqualad: And you still resort to your murderous methods.
Tank: At least we actually make a difference in this damn city. Y'all never gave a rat's ass about this city until we decided to actually do shit.
Blackhawk: And not only that, you come after us, the guys who are cleaning up this place, not the fuckers who are poisoning Houston.
Robin: Because you guys keep on killing, which is never right! Everyone deserves a second chance.
Blackhawk: Laughs dryly Coming from the team who's mentors have that giant orbiting space station up there, it's pretty rich. We don't have the luxury of having that mindset here in H-Town
Artemis: You cannot be judge, jury, and executioner, that's not what a hero does!
Tank: Who said we were heroes? Besides, if th
This shocked the team as they realized that these individuals didn't consider themselves heroes.
Kid-Flash: Well like it or not, we're taking your asses in. So you can either come with us peacefully, or we can just kick your asses and bring you in. Your choice.
Miss Martian was looking a tad bit nervous as she couldn't read the two vigilantes' thoughts.
Miss Martian: mind link Guys.. I can't read their thoughts… It's just angry German yelling in their minds.
Aqualad: mind link Acknowledged.
Superboy: Whatever, let's just take them in.
He was prepared to rush in and beat the shit out of the two of them. Blackhawk then discreetly armed his shoulder cannon on his right, and his missile launcher on his left, and then nodded to Tank, who was charged with all the hits he took from the cartel, and was ready to fight.
Blackhawk: Come hell or high water?
Tank: Come hell or high water, kid.
Blackhawk then nodded. Superboy then charged towards the two, intending on taking them down.
However, to the half-kryptonian's surprise… Tank stopped him with ease. Smirking behind his mask, he countered with a simple punch to the face, sending him towards Supergirl, sending them both into a building, dazing them.
Blackhawk: Crosshairs! Tranqs!
Then out of nowhere, two tranquilizer rounds hit both Robin and Artemis, knocking them out and taking them out of the fight. Now it was just Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Miss Martian.
Kid-Flash: I got them!
The speedster then tried to get the drop on Blackhawk. However, the vigilante rocket-jumped right before he could get grabbed, and then sprayed a high pressure shot of liquid nitrogen, freezing the ground. This caused the speedster to go flying into one of the Escalades.
Aqualad then pulled out his Water-Bearers and used them as dual blades to fight against. Blackhawk, who had extended the blades on his gauntlets, but also Charged them with electricity.
Then, Superboy stirred and awoke from his daze, but Kara was fortunately still passed out. Luckily Crosshairs spotted the kryptonian getting up.
Crosshairs: Heads up you two, that Supes Wanka is getting up, want me to put a round in him?
Blackhawk: Negative, grunts after parrying a slash get the martian, knock her out. Was about to go for a strike when he was lifted up by said martian, using telekinesis Oh son of a- couldn't finish as he was thrown against the wall.
Then, without hesitation, Carter shot Miss Martian with a tranq dart with literal elephant tranquilizer, which was reserved for Superboy, but still had an effect on her. As soon as the other two regular members of the team regained their bearings and Aqualad was about to attack Tank, he slammed both his palms together, releasing a loud thunderclap, which blew out all the windows and knocked the team back again.
Then the muscle picked up the stunned body of Blackhawk and did multiple super jumps to try and rendezvous with Crosshairs.
Tank: Crosshairs, Blackhawk is down, where are you at with the Tahoe?
Crosshairs: On my way, status of our little birdie?
Tank: unconscious, and dazed, but he's stable.
Crosshairs: acknowledged.
Tank made his way to the rendezvous where the Aussie was waiting with the getaway car. As soon as they got in, the sharpshooter floored it back to the marina, where he also called Matthew.
Matthew: What happened?
Carter: Bloody Junior Justice league showed up and everything went to shit. The Martian cunt got a blow on Richard, but he's alright, he's a tough wanka.
Matthew: Fuck… did you at least get the information?
Carter: No, no we didn't. Like I said, as soon as the kiddies showed up, it went to shit.
Matthew: Spent months trying to track down the whereabouts of this cartel, I will not have it be fucked by a bunch of superpowered teenagers.
Kevin: What do you wanna do boss?
Matthew: Just get Richard back, right now, my son is the priority.
Kevin: 10-4 boss.
The Renegades then headed back to their hideout to regroup and come up with a different plan of action. Meanwhile, with the team, they were all recovering from the effects of Tank's Thunderclap.
Kid-Flash: what the hell… how did he…?
Kaldur: groaning I guess… we're dealing with a team that has a meta human…
Robin: You think? Winced Also… they got a sniper somewhere, which… is how they got the drop on us.
Miss Martian: I… I-I couldn't detect him… I'm sorry…
Superboy: It's okay M'Gann… you didn't know.
Supergirl: Sorry I wasn't any help either…
Kaldur: We were all blindsided by them. But.. at least you were able to subdue him for a moment MIss Martian. It shows that he's not a meta, but a regular person.
Miss Martian nodded. The team then collected themselves to fight the Renegades another day.
-Timeskip-
Location: The Meyers' Residence
A frustrated Richard slugged a punching bag that was in the game room, knowing that this was the first time someone got the drop on him in a long time. He needed to find a way around the telekinesis, and the Flamethrowers on his arms wouldn't do shit if he was using them both at the same time.
Sighing, he stopped punching the bag, and looked over at the wall, where lays a family photo. In the picture, it was him, his dad, his mom Dina, and his sister Trudy. He walked over to the photo and puts his fingers on it, his eyes starting to well up with tears. He revisits the painful memory of their passing, and the reasons as to why he picks up the mask everyday to fight.
Richard: Shuddering breaths Don't worry Mom… and Squirt… I'm still keeping dad company… and helping him continue… and I will avenge you both… mark my words.
He then removed his hand, wiped the tears from his face, and prepared to go to bed. Tomorrow was a new day, and a new way, to find Jose Rojas, or El Huracan. When he does, he will send the scumbag straight to hell, where he belongs.
Outro Music is "Outside" by Staind
And you bring me to my knees
Again
All the times that I could beg you please
In vain
All the times that I felt insecure
For you
And I leave my burdens at the door
But I'm on the outside, I'm looking in
I can see through you, see your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly, you're ugly like me
I can see through you, see to the real you
All the times that I felt like this won't end
It's for you
And I taste what I could never have
It was from you
All the times that I've cried
My intentions were full of pride
But I waste more time than anyone
But I'm on the outside, I'm looking in
I can see through you, see your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly, you're ugly like me
I can see through you, see to the real you
All the times that I've cried
All this wasted, it's all inside
And I feel all this pain
Stuffed it down, it's back again
And I lie here in bed
All alone, I can't mend
But I feel tomorrow will be okay
But I'm on the outside, and I'm looking in
I can see through you, see your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly, you're ugly like me
I can see through you, see to the real you
Well that took a little bit longer than I thought. Still, I hoped y'all had enjoyed it, and I'll see y'all in the next one. Take care and God Bless.