My Place In This World Pt. 2
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Rating: PG-13 ~ For fluff and cuteness, but more adult commentary or even some triggering content.
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Post Date & Time: December 14th, 2023 at 10:41 pm
Summary: Growing up in Haly's circus and losing their parents in the same night makes the reader and Dick closer than anyone else. Together they go through life having one another's backs though every life change, even eventually becoming Robin and Blue Jay together. What happens when feelings have changed and slowly start to be revealed?
“Time runs short. You must awaken,” a weird ominous voice speaks.
“You must awaken now!” The voice shouts and my head shoots up as I open my eyes.
We all awake with a gasp as we find ourselves locked up in pods. I try pulling at my arms only to find that they’re restrained above my head. I try wiggling my feet only to find that they too are restrained.
Looking back up, I see the clone standing in front of us just staring at us with a very stoic look on his face. I look over to my left to see Dick next to me and he looks at me. He silently asks me if I’m okay and I nod before silently asking him the same thing, feeling pleased when he nods.
“What? What— what do you want?!” Wally yells out, making me turn to my right to see him before looking back at the clone.
“Quit staring. You’re creeping me out,” Wally continues to yell at the clone standing in front of us and I shake my head.
“Uh, KF, how about we not tick off the guy who can fry us with a look?” Dick calmly asks in a soft tone and I hum in agreement.
“Listen, we only sought to help you,” Kaldur states in a calm and soft voice.
“Yeah. We free you, and you turn on us. How’s that for grat—” Wally berates the clone and I roll my eyes.
“Kid, please, be quiet now,” Kaldur interrupts as he turns to look at him.
“Yeah. KF, quiet. Even I know now’s not the time to get angry, and I’m the most angry person here,” I add onto Kaldur’s words and Dick scoffs.
“Blue Jay. Stop. You are not,” he pointedly says with a roll of his eyes.
“Enough. I believe our new friend was not in control of his actions like we are,” Kaldur cuts in and I look over at Dick with a light smirk when I see him pop out his lock pick from his glove.
He nods at me and I nod back before pressing the small button in my glove. My lock pick pops out as his had done and we both start quietly working on our shackles.
“Wha— what if I… what if I wasn’t?” The clone asks in a hesitant tone and Wally’s eyes widen.
“He can talk!” he shouts in shock and I roll my eyes.
“Of course he can, KF. He may be a clone, but—” I go to defend it in an annoyed tone, but the clone cuts me off.
“Yes, he can,” he comments in anger as his fists clench at his side.
“And I thought I had anger issues…” I mumble with another roll of my eyes.
“Jay…” Dick warns and I stifle a giggle as I shrug when Dick gives me his disapproval look.
“Not like I said it,” Wally defends himself and I chuckle, shaking my head.
“You might as well have, KF,” I exasperate with a roll of my eyes and he huffs.
“The genomorphs taught you telepathically,” Kaldur asks, changing the subject as he turns his head to look at the clone.
“They taught me much. I can read, write. I— I know the names of things,” the clone tries to convey what he knows.
“But have you seen them? Have they ever let you actually see the sky?” Dick asks but pauses for a moment.
“Or the sun?” I finish Dick’s thoughts, making him look at me before looking back at the clone.
“Images are implanted in my mind, but no. I have not seen them,” the clone answers in a melancholy tone and I frown.
“Well, you deserve to see them and feel the heat from the sun,” I tell him in a sympathetic tone, still frowning.
“Do you know what you are, who you are?” Kaldur asks and the clone seems to stand a little straighter.
“I am the Superboy, a genomorph, a clone made from the DNA of the Superman created to replace him should he perish…” the clone starts to explain, but pauses.
“To destroy him should he turn from the light,” the clone finishes explaining and Dick turns to look at me. I frown at him and he shakes his head before looking back at the clone.
“To be like superman is a worthy aspiration, but like superman you deserve a life of your own, beyond that solar suit, beyond your pod, beyond Cadmus,” Kaldur tries to get our point further across to the clone.
“I live because of Cadmus! It is my home!” The clone angrily shouts out as he argues back.
“Your home is a test tube. We can show you the sun,” Dick starts to try explaining what else he can have and I smile.
“Uh, pretty sure it’s after midnight, but we can show you the moon,” Wally adds on and I roll my eyes in annoyance at the boy for the millionth time.
“Robin’s point is that we can show you how to have a real life outside these walls,” I add on and Dick smiles softly at me as Wally rolls his eyes.
“We can show you, introduce you to superman,” Kaldur tells him and for a moment it looks like the clone is thinking about it.
“No, they can’t,” another voice speaks up, making the clone turn around as we all look up.
“They’ll be otherwise occupied,” the scientist creepily tells us as he, Guardian and another scientist walk in through the door.
“Activate the cloning process,” he demands the other female scientist as he and Guardian come to a stop.
“Pass. Batcav’s crowded enough—” Dick comments and I have to hold back a giggle.
“Tell me about it, Rob. With you, me, Bats and now Batgirl, I can’t take on any more added to the team,” I agree with him, playfully rolling my eyes and he smirks as I hold back my laughter.
“And get the weapon back in its pod!” The male scientist demands again as he looks at Guardian, who then starts towards the clone.
“Hey, how come he gets to call Supey an it?” Wally whines out and I sigh, shaking my head.
Guardian walks up behind the clone and puts a hand on his shoulder. The clone watches him walk up from the corner of his eye until he touches his shoulder and turns to look at Kaldur.
“Help us,” Kaldur tells the clone one last time.
The clone then shoves Guardian's hand off of his shoulder and turns to look at him. He gives him a glare before the scientist walks up behind him.
“Don’t start thinking now,” the scientist exasperates as he walks past the clone and the genomorph on his shoulder jumps off onto the clone’s shoulder.
The genomorph’s horns glow and the clone's eyes widen before becoming void of emotion. The scientist moves to stand in front of the clone and comes to a stop.
“See, you’re not a real boy. You’re a weapon and you belong to me! Well, to Cadmus. Same thing. Now get back to your pod!” The scientist tells him as the horns continue to glow.
The clone then turns and starts to leave. The door closes behind him and the scientist turns to the woman at the computer station. She types on the keys for a minute before a metal arm with prongs on the end pops up in each of our pods.
They launch forward towards each of us and before we know it, there’s a shock flowing through our bodies. We each scream out as it seems to last forever. The scientist starts to speak, but it’s hard to make out what he’s saying as we all continue to scream out in pain.
The scientist talks to the head genomorph that we fought earlier on, but again it’s hard to hear anything as we scream in pain. The pain continues on and on for a while. I look over at Dick and frown harder, wishing I could stop his pain.
Then I look at Wally and tears well up in my eyes. Last I look at Kaldur, who seems to be whispering something and I wonder what he’s saying. Slowly black starts to take over my vision and closes in slower and slower as I start to feel utterly drained.
“Sir, this one can’t handle the cloning process. She’s lost far too much blood,” the lady scientist calls out as my eyes droop more and more.
“Then don’t worry about cloning her. Just get rid of her now then,” the emotionless male scientist barks out and the lady nods solemnly.
“Don’t you dare touch her. You lay a hand on her and I’ll never let you have a moment of peace again,” Dick growls out in anger and I try to formulate some words to try to comfort him, telling him I won’t go down without a fight, but the words won’t leave my mouth.
My tongue turns and turns in my mouth, but the more effort I make, the more tired I feel. I look over at Dick one last time before there’s a loud banging noise, making us all look over to see the door being ripped open by the clone. It sparks as he holds it over his head before throwing it aside and suddenly the pain that was flowing through my body stops. I feel a little bit of life flow through me as Kaldur lets out a sigh of relief when he sees the clone and he walks in ominously.
“I told you to get back to your…” the main scientist starts as he turns and looks at the clone.
The clone only ignores him and continues towards us, pushing Guardian to the left and the scientist to the right, making them all go flying back into the walls. He stands straight over the scientist, all big and tall.
“Don’t give me orders!” The clone seethes out before turning and walking closer to us.
“You here to help us or fry us?” Wally asks and the clone glares at him.
“Huh, I don’t seem to have heat vision. So I suppose helping is my only option,” the clone smugly tells Wally.
It’s quiet for a literal second before there’s a loud hiss to my left, making me turn weakly to see Dick finally release himself from his shackles. As soon as his arms and legs are free, his pod opens. He quickly jumps down and starts to rub at his wrists.
“Aha. Finally, lucky Batman isn’t here. He’d have our heads for taking so long. Right, Jay?” Dick jokes but stops when I don’t reply.
He slowly turns and looks around before looking up at me. His face falls when he sees me looking down at him tiredly. I give him a soft smile and his eyes widen as he shakes his head.
“Seriously, that’s what you’re worried about?” Wally deadpans, making Dick look at him.
“The whole league will have our heads after tonight!” Wally finishes as Dick doesn’t even really listen to him, he just rushes over to the panel with all the buttons and pushes one.
After he pushes it, there’s a faint buzz before the pods open. Dick then turns to the clone, who looks at him.
“Free Aqualad. I’ll get Blue Jay then kid mouth,” Dick orders and my vision slowly starts to swim some more.
“Don’t you give me orders either,” the clone angrily seethes at him before taking a leap over to Aqualad.
The clone breaks Aqualad’s arm shackles and he falls forward into the clone's arms. Kaldur lets out a small ‘thank you’ before smiling at the clone. As he helps Kaldur the rest of the way, Dick climbs up to the top of my pod and again pops his lock pick out from his glove.
He quickly picks up where I left off on picking the lock and soon my hands come free along with my feet. I stay in the pod and lean tiredly against the wall of it. Dick quickly climbs down before looking back up at me and I shake my head before sluggishly motioning to Wally.
Dick gives me a worried glance before nodding at my persistent look. He then goes and climbs up Wally’s and helps him get out. Once Wally is out they all jump down to the floor and the others start to run.
“Guys, hold on. Blue Jay’s hurt!” Dick yells out, making the others come to a stop.
They all slowly turn around and Dick now has his back turned to me. They all stay quiet for a moment as I lean against the wall.
“What do we do? I can’t hack and carry her,” Dick quickly explains through a fearful tone and Kaldur smiles softly at him before he walks over to him, putting a hand on his shoulder.
“I will carry her. You just worry about hacking. I promise Blue Jay will be safe with me,” Kaldur assures Dick, who nods before looking at the floor for a moment as Wally puts a hand on his shoulder in comfort.
Kaldur jumps up into my pod and slowly picks me up. He holds me tight before getting ready to jump down, but I stop him.
“Please make sure he’s alright, Kal…” I whisper out and he chuckles lightly.
“You are the one hurt and you are making sure he’s ok. You two really are two birds of a kind…” he tells me and I smile weakly at him as I shrug.
“I love him, what can I say?” I whisper out super quietly as my vision starts to really fade now.
“You have my word, Blue Jay. You both will make it out okay,” he tells me softly before everything becomes completely dark.
Kaldur jumps down with y/n in his arms, but her eyes are closed. I scramble in my utility belt for a moment before finding what I need. Wally gives me a confused look when I pull it out, but I quickly walk over to Kaldur and y/n.
“What’s that?” Wally asks as I quickly put the tab on y/n’s neck.
“Heart monitor. Batman made it after the last time she was injured on a mission. He made it so we can make sure she’s still doing ok as we make our way outta here,” I explain as I open my holo computer up on my arm.
“Woah. That little patch is a heart monitor?” he asks in astonishment and I nod.
“Yup. Sends the stats right to my computer here so I can hack and monitor it at the same time,” I tell him as I make my holo computer pop up and his eyes widen.
“That’s so cool! Me and Flash have ours in our suits,” he tells me and I nod in agreement.
“We have them in ours too, but for some reason hers hasn’t been working, hence why Bats made this… backup,” I explain as I start typing stuff in to bring up the monitor on my computer.
“So she’s been hurt before?” Wally asks and I swallow back my emotions.
“Yes. Four missions ago she was hurt badly. Had to be hospitalized for a few days. We’ve been trying to fix hers, but we just can’t figure out why it won’t work after that one mission,” I explain as I continue to type before finally pulling it up.
“She’ll be ok. She’s a fighter. If you want, me and the Flash gang can take a look to see if we can figure it out for you guys,” Wally tells me and I look up at him in thanks.
“We should be good to go, but we gotta be fast. She needs medical attention soon,” I tell Kaldur and he nods.
“Ok. Let’s go then,” he agrees with a nod and before I know it, we’re all running past the scientist who unfortunately seems to wake up.
“You— you’ll never get out of here! Your friend’s gonna die!” he shouts to us as we run past him.
“I’ll have you back in pods before morning!” he finishes off as we just make it out of the door.
“That guy is not whelmed. Not whelmed at all,” I tell Wally as we both come to a stop.
“What is it with you and this whelmed thing?” he asks as I throw four explosive batarangs.
“Inside joke with Blue Jay…” I tell him as I begin running again.
The wing dings perfectly hit the pods before exploding as we continue running away. We quickly catch up to Kaldur and the clone only to keep running.
“We are still 42 levels below ground, but if we can make the elevator…” Kaldur starts to explain the plan as he runs with y/n in his arms.
We make it down many halls before we hear a gowling, making us come to a stop when we see the big genomorphs coming our way. We turn around and look behind us to see the bumps on the walls start glowing a bright red. Soon more of the genomorphs start popping out of them and coming towards us.
The one behind us bangs on the ground quickly, making us all turn and jump back. The clone quickly jumps up and hits one in the face as we run to get around them. The clone quickly stands, ready to fight some more before one punches him down into the floor.
Kaldur, Wally and I jump over the one and land on the other side before turning to watch the clone start fighting. I look down at my computer and watch y/n’s heartbeat, letting out a sigh of relief when I see it’s still semi-steady, even if she’s passed out.
“Superboy, the goal is escape, not to bury ourselves here,” Kaldur shouts out to the clone and he continues to fight.
“You want escape?” Superboy yells out as he turns back to look at us.
“Aha, yeah, that’s the whole point. Not to mention we have an injured party who needs medical attention soon,” I shout after Kaldur as I point to y/n.
“Aha!” Superboy yells out as he turns and continues to fight the huge genomorphs.
“Let’s just keep going,” Wally states and Kaldur hums, nodding in agreement.
“Kid, take Blue Jay. I need to pry the doors open,” Kaldur tells Wally, who nods before taking y/n from his arms.
Kaldur walks up to the doors and I turn to Wally. He gives me a look as I hold my arms out.
“You sure?” he asks and I nod.
“Yeah. Can’t hack anything right now anyway. I can get us up the shaft so you can climb,” I tell him and he nods before hesitatingly putting y/n into my arms.
I nod in thanks to him before he takes a leap, landing on the side of the shaft and I shoot my grappling gun. I hold onto y/n with a single arm as tightly as I can while we shoot up the elevator shaft. Superboy grabs onto Kaldur and takes a big leap.
Once at the end of my grappling gun, I swing lightly before landing on the side and keeping y/n with me. Once on the side, I plop down for a moment and just hold y/n a little closer as I watch Superboy and Kaldur get to about halfway up the shaft before they both start to fall.
“I— I’m falling,” Superboy says in shock before they start to fall quicker.
My eyes widen in shock before I reach into my utility belt and grab a batarang. I quickly toss it at the wall they’re about to fall past and Kaldur reaches out to grab it as he grabs onto Superboy as well.
“Superman can fly,” Superboy comments in sadness as he and Kaldur hang from the wall.
“Why can’t I fly?” he solemnly asks as he looks up at Kaldur.
“Don’t know, but it looks like you can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Still cool,” Wally tells him from beside me now and it’s quiet for a moment.
My mind quickly wanders to what y/n would have said. She’d probably agree with Wally before making some joke about how it’s cooler then what Wally can do. I hold back a laugh at the thought as Wally helps Superboy down so he’s on the ledge with us.
“Thank you,” Superboy calmly tells him with shame in his eyes as Kaldur hops onto the ledge right behind him.
“How’s Blue Jay doing?” Kaldur asks, looking at me and I sigh.
“Not good. I’ll have to add a bandage around her wound, but I can’t do it here. I need solid ground first,” I inform him and he gives a curt nod.
“Ok. How much farther until we are out?” he asks me and I go to answer before there’s a loud sound coming from above us.
“This will have to be our exit!” I quickly shout out and Kaldur nods.
“Superboy. Help me with these doors!” Kaldur tells him and he nods.
Together they each kick at one door and they both cave in. I grab onto y/n before we all rush though the new opening in the wall just before the express elevator quickly passes us going down. We all turn back for a moment watching as it passes.
We then turn back to hall only to see more genomorphs start rushing towards us while growling. Kaldur takes y/n from me before we all quickly turn to the right and start running again.
“Go left! Left!” Superboy yells out and we do as he says, turning left before continuing to run.
“Right!” he yells out again as we again do as he says before coming to a dead end.
“Great directions, Supey. You trying to get us re-podded?” Wally angrily asks as he turns to Superboy.
“No. I- I don’t understand…” Superboy replies with confusion laced in his tone.
“Don’t apologize! This is perfect!” I shout and they all look at me in confusion.
“How can this be perfect?” Wally asks and I smirk.
“Take the vent off and we start crawling…” I inform them as I rip the vent off the wall.
“Ok. You do that, but how exactly do you plan on getting Blue Jay through the vents?” Kaldur asks and I pause a moment.
“Uhh… here. Tie her to my waist,” I quickly tell him as I pull out a small bit of rope from my utility belt.
“How exactly is tying her to your waist gonna get her though?” Wally asks in clear confusion and I shrug as I finally close my holo computer.
“Best thought is that I pull her along as we crawl,” I reply with a shrug.
“That doesn’t really sound like it’d work to me,” he comments and I shrug.
“Got any better ideas on how to get her out?” I ask as anger flares up inside me and he throws his hands up in surrender.
“You're right. Only plan we got, so let’s do it,” he agrees and I sigh.
“Sorry KF, but it’s that or leave her behind and I’m not too fond of leaving her behind,” I tell him and he nods, putting a hand on my shoulder.
“I know, Rob. I know. We got this. Let’s get going,” he tells me and I nod as Kaldur now hands me the rope.
I take it and pause a moment before hesitantly tying the rope around myself. I look at Kaldur and he gives me a nod of confirmation.
“I’ll be right behind you. I’ll make sure she sticks with you. Do not worry,” he tells me and I nod, taking a deep breath before climbing up into the small air shaft.
Once inside, I turn around and Kaldur quickly passes y/n up to me. I slowly pull her though before turning back to start crawling as best as I can. Kaldur climbs in right after us and quickly props y/n up against me so she’s not full on laying on the bottom of the air shaft.
I continue to slowly crawl, trying to keep her from moving too much. Soon both Superboy and KF are following us in and we all slowly keep crawling.
“Ah, at this rate we’ll never get out,” Wally comments after a while of crawling.
“Kid, not now,” Kaldur sternly tells him.
“Shh. Listen,” Superboy tells us and we all pause to listen.
Suddenly there’s a sound coming and we all quickly figure out that it’s genomorphs crawling after us. I look at Kaldur and he nods.
“They can’t find us, don't worry, just follow me. I have a plan,” I tell them and we continue crawling for a few more minutes.
Soon we find another way out and I pop the grate off before sliding out. Kaldur then slowly slides y/n down to me and I pull her down the rest of the way. I set her down against the wall for a second before pulling my holo computer out and connecting it to the panel on the wall.
The others all climb out and I continue to type on my computer for a second. I take a quick look at y/n’s monitor before pausing to fish my kit out. Once I have it, I hand it to Wally.
“Here. Wrap her wound for me while I do this. You do remember how to do it don’t you?” I ask him as I hand him the first aid kit and he nods, taking it from me.
He walks over and starts wrapping her wound as I turn back to my computer. I work for a minute before he tells me he’s done and he hands me the kit.
“Thanks. That should keep her from getting worse then she already is,” I comment as I put the kit away and he nods.
“So what are you hacking now?” Wally asks just as I’m finishing up.
“I hacked the motion sensors,” I proudly tell him as I smirk.
“Sweet!” he says as he throws his arms up.
“Still plenty of them between us and out,” I explain as I start hacking to find a faster way out.
“But I’ve finally got room to move,” he states as he puts his goggles over his eyes before rushing off.
“Ok… I guess we’re moving now,” Kaldur comments and I nod as I stand up.
“Robin, I’ll carry Blue Jay. You pay attention to those sensors,” Kaldur tells me as he picks y/n up and I nod.
Wally runs in front of us and we all run up the stairs after him. He takes out some genomorphs that are coming down at us and I keep my eyes on my holo computer.
“More behind us!” I shout out behind myself and Superboy stops.
He turns so he’s facing the genomorphs that are coming before stomping and making the set of stairs so it breaks off. He then turns and catches up with us as we continue to run up the rest of the flights of stairs. Wally continues to run and just as we all round the corner of one of the many halls, the room starts flashing red.
An alarm of some sort starts going off and we watch as Wally tries to skid to a stop before banging into the door that just closed off. He flies back and lands on the floor as we come to a stop next to him.
“We’re cut off from the street,” Kaldur tells us as Wally rubs at his head.
“Thanks. My head hadn’t noticed,” Wally comments from the floor, still rubbing his head.
Superboy just walks around Wally and to the door. He then pulls his hand back and punches at the door. Nothing really happens, so Kaldur hands y/n to me before going over to help him.
They both pull at the door from either side and nothing happens, so I set y/n lightly on the ground, leaning her against the wall. I pull my holo computer up and stick the plug in the USB before quickly starting to try to hack into the door.
“Can’t hack this fast enough. If Blue Jay were here, maybe I could, but I can’t,” I exclaim before I turn my holo computer off just as a growl comes from my right, making me look up.
I quickly take a look around and find a door. I pick y/n up and walk over to it.
“This way!” I yell out to the others as I kick the door open before running through.
We all run through and come to a stop when we see a whole army of genomorphs in front of us with Guardian standing in the front. We all turn around when we hear more walk up behind us and we all take a fighting stance. Suddenly all the genomorphs' horns start to glow and I’m slowly sinking down to the ground as does Kaldur and Wally.
As I sink down, I keep as tight of a hold on y/n as I can and lay her on the floor before falling onto my back. Just as my back hits the floor, everything seems to go dark.
After what feels like forever, my eyes slowly open and I blink. I sit up and quickly look over y/n, who’s still unconscious. I quickly pull up my holo computer and check her vitals before letting out a breath of relief when she’s still semi stable.
Once I know she’s still doing okay, I start to stand with the others and feel a little dizzy. I hold a hand to my head for a moment as the dizzy feeling goes away.
“Feels like fog lifting,” Guardian says as he holds his head.
“Guardian?” Kaldur asks as he looks at him and Guardian stands straight.
“Go. Get her out of here. I’ll deal with Desmond,” he tells us as he nods at y/n.
“I think not,” comes Desmond’s voice from behind Guardian, making the Genomorphs all part as Guardian turns to look at him.
“Project blockbuster will give me the power to restore order to Cadmus,” he sinisterly says as he holds up a vial with blue liquid in it.
He takes a step back before pouring the liquid into his mouth. He starts to groan and his bones start to make loud cracking sounds as Guardian slowly moves back to us. Desmond tosses the vial to his left and it smashes against the ground.
He then starts writhing around in pain all while still groaning and soon he’s throwing himself down on the ground. He hunches over in a ball before his body seems to grow, ripping his lab coat the more he grows. His skin starts to rip and his teeth become like fangs.
I look at Wally, who looks at me in fear before looking at Blue Jay. Like I read his mind, I quickly bend down to gently pick her up once again. Once I’m standing straight, there’s a loud roar that Desmond lets out as he too fully stands, but now he’s a giant, tall blue monster.
He stands there in his monster form, breathing heavily as we watch him carefully. He stands straight and Guardian stares at him for a moment.
“Everyone back!” Guardian shouts as he uses his hands to hold us back.
He then runs off towards Desmond, who just backhands him and he goes flying to the side before he hits the wall face first.
Superboy is the first to react and he launches forward at Desmond with a primal yell before punching the new monster in the face. Desmond just punches back, but Superboy again throws another punch of his own and quickly gets the upper hand. He lands a few punches, but again Desmond gets one in, making Superboy fly back.
Superboy quickly recovers after flying back on his back and spinning. He lands and quickly moves into a crouched position before jumping back up. He starts like he’s going to slam him into the ground, but Desmond jumps at the same time and they both crash though the ceiling.
“Okay. That’s one way to bust through the ceiling,” I comment before grabbing my grappling gun.
“You think lab coat planned that?” Wally asks and I shrug as before me and y/n shoot up though the hole.
“I doubt he is planning anything anymore,” Kaldur comments as we land at the top.
Kaldur grabs Wally and leaps through, landing right behind me. Once we land back in the lobby, we watch as Desmond grabs Superboy. He throws him and he comes flying at us.
Wally and I quickly move out of the way as Superboy flies past us. He collides with Kaldur and they both go flying back. We quickly run over to them and Wally helps Kaldur up as I reach a hand out for Superboy.
“Robin. Get y/n somewhere safe,” Kaldur tells me and I quickly nod before turning and looking around the room.
I run over and set her down behind one of the pillars before checking her stats one last time. I frown when I see the small influx of a change making her less stable. I sigh and shake my head before turning my holo computer off.
“Stay with me for a little longer, Jay. We’re almost out of here,” I tell her as I lean my head against hers for a moment before sighing and standing.
“I’ll be right back. I promise,” I speak out to her even though I know she won’t say anything back.
With one last sigh I walk back over and we all stand in a fight position, waiting for Desmond to make a move. When he does, we all move forward; Wally runs in first and goes under his legs, making Desmond turn to look at him. He looks back at Wally for a moment before turning just as Kaldur and Superboy jump together to punch him in the face.
Wally goes down on all fours, making Desmond fall back and trip over Wally. He lands with a loud thud on the ground and Wally stands straight.
“Learned that one in kindergarten,” Wally comments as I jump over him and throw a couple wing dings at him.
Desmond turns and blocks them with his arms before coming face to face with Superboy again. He growls, jumping up and slamming Superboy into the pillar behind him. Superboy fights back but Desmond quickly stops him and throws his own punch.
Kaldur takes his water bearers out and quickly uses the water to try pulling Desmond’s arm back from Superboy. However, it doesn’t work when Desmond just pulls Kaldur to him. Kaldur quickly switches his water bearers from rope form to a mace form while in the air and tries to slam it down onto Desmond.
Desmond reaches up and wraps his hand around the mace before pulling Kaldur to the floor. He slams down onto the floor and Desmond throws Superboy into another pillar. Superboy falls to the ground and a piece of the pillar falls on top of him.
Wally runs around and past Superboy over to where Desmond starts to fight with Aqualad. Desmond picks Wally up mid-run and flings him around. Kaldur tries to hit Desmond from behind, but he swings Wally around and throws him into Kaldur.
Both Wally and Kaldur fly back and slam into a pillar behind them. I watch as they both fall to the floor before Aqualad is standing back up. He quickly starts to try fighting again, but once again gets slammed into a pillar.
I watch the top of the pillar start to break away from its support system and my eyes widen as I get an idea.
“Of course!” I speak out in wonderment as I pull up my holo computer and a holographic map of the pillars pop up.
“KF, get over here!” I yell out to Wally, making him look up at me.
He quickly comes over and I start to go over the plan with him as the others continue to fight off Desmond. The holograph blinks red, pointing out to him the breaking points of each pillar.
“Got it?” I ask him as I pull my arm down with the holograph disappearing as I do.
“Got it,” he confirms with a nod.
“Go,” I firmly command him just as he takes off.
Superboy now is getting lifted by Desmond as Wally races over and grabs his face. I quickly rush over to y/n and check her signs one last time before turning back around.
“Got your nose!” Wally playfully sings out as he holds up a piece of skin he ripped off of Desmond.
Desmond growls as he throws Superboy aside and heads for Wally. He starts to chase Wally around and I quickly start to pull up the hologram again.
“Superboy! Aqualad!” I yell out to the two across from me and show them the hologram.
“Come and get me, incredible bulk!” Wally yells out before running again and leading Desmond where he needs to.
Wally keeps Desmond distracted for a moment as Superboy and Aqualad come over to me. I quickly show them the hologram again before explaining.
“This one and that one,” I point out the pillars that need to be taken out.
Both Superboy and Aqualad give me a firm nod before rushing off to the pillars. As they run off, I quickly pull out some chalk and run to the center of the building. Superboy takes his pillar out first, then Aqualad takes his pillar out and Wally gets Desmond to take out the one behind him.
“Sorry! Try again!” Wally taunts Desmond before running off.
I quickly go to the middle and draw an ‘X’ in chalk and Aqualad makes a puddle over the top of it with his water bearers. As I stand, I quickly throw some explosive wing dings at my pillar. Wally then runs over and skids to a stop before turning back to look at Desmond.
He goes after Wally, but Superboy comes in from behind and lands a punch, making Desmond fall on his back into the puddle with a loud thud. I rush over and pick y/n up before going to stand next to Kaldur.
Aqualad then leans down and electrocutes the puddle, which in turn electrocutes Desmond. Together we stand watching him growl and wither in pain for a moment.
“Move!” I yell out as I press the button to activate the wing dings in the pillar.
They beep as we all run for cover before doing what they’re made to do and exploding. The whole ceiling starts to give way and Desmond lets out a roar as he looks up at the piece of ceiling that’s falling. The whole building starts to crash around us after Desmond gets crushed and we continue to run for cover.
I quickly drop down and cover y/n as Superboy grabs Wally and drops down over him. Aqualad drops down over me and we all wait until the rubble settles before Superboy punches his way through. Once he has a hand through, he grabs onto the piece that’s still above us and shoves it off.
Slowly we all stand and look around at all the rubble. We all breathe heavily as we slowly calm down from the moment.
“We… did it,” Kaldur says in shock as he looks over at me as I quickly sit y/n up against the side of some rubble.
“Was there ever any doubt?” I ask him as I look back at him and rub my neck.
Wally looks at me and we smile at one another before swinging our hands up in a high-five. We both quickly cringe though as we feel pain flow through our ribs. Superboy walks over to Desmond still under the rubble and we follow him.
“See…” Wally speaks up, making Superboy turn to look at us.
“The moon,” Wally finishes as he motions up at it and we all turn to look at it.
We all stare up at the moon for a moment, but I look away before I go and sit down next to y/n. I pull her into my lap and hold her close as the others continue to watch the moon.
“Oh. And Superman. Do we keep our promises or what?” Wally asks and I look up when he says it to see the whole league fly in behind him.
I sigh in relief and stand with y/n in my arms when I see Bruce being lowered in by Green lantern. Bruce steps off and stops next to Superman as all the other members stand around us. There’s a moment of silence and the heroes look over us all before Superboy is stepping forward.
He walks up to Superman, who has a cold, parental glare on all of us. Superboy stops and takes a moment before lifting his ripped shirt to show the S symbol on his chest. Superman falters ever so slightly in shock before straining up.
“Is that what I think it is?” Bruce asks Superman, who stays quiet.
“He doesn’t like being called an it,” Wally informs them through the side of his mouth as he walks up beside Superboy and uses his hand to hide his mouth from Superboy.
“I’m Superman’s clone,” Superboy interjects in a matter of fact tone.
Everyone seems to have different reactions, but all stay quiet nonetheless. The eyes of Batman’s mask narrow and I hold y/n a bit closer.
“Start talking,” he tells us and the whole league starts to move around.
“Bats. Can we get y/n medical first, please?” I ask him as I walk up to him and he frowns.
“What happened? How’d Blue get hurt?” he immediately asks and it’s then I’m thankful for my domino mask as it hides my eyes welling up with tears.
“We don’t have time to talk about it. Can I just tell you later? Her pulse is very faint,” I tell him and as if he reads my mind, he nods and turns around for a moment.
“Arrow!” Bruce shouts, making the archer in question turn around to look at him.
“Do you think you can take Blue Jay to medical?” he asks him and Green Arrow walks over to us.
“Of course I can, Bats,” he tells him with a nod before coming over to me.
He holds his arms out to me and I back away a little, not wanting to leave her. He sighs and turns to Batman, who sighs and walks over.
“Robin… she will be ok,” Bruce tells me as he places his hands on my shoulders.
“I promise, Robin, I’ll make sure she’s taken care of. You have my word,” Green Arrow tells me and I take a gulp before handing her over to him.
He smiles gently at me before turning and starting to walk away with her. I quickly try to follow, but Batman holds me back.
“Hold up, Robin. I promise we will both go be with her after, but first, you boys have some explaining to do,” Bruce tells me as he holds onto my shoulder with a firm hand.
“Ok…” I whisper out, bowing my head down.
Kaldur, Wally and I stand with our retrospective mentors. We quickly all start to explain ourselves and when we finish, they nod before telling us to wait aside. I huff as we walk off while our mentors have a quiet conversation.
“This is insane. I should be with Jay right now. I wish we could leave already,” I groan out and Kaldur nods solemnly at me.
“I know, my friend, and I wish you could be there with her, but Arrow will take good care of her and you’ll be with her when all this is over,” he tells me in a soft tone as he grips my shoulder and I sigh.
We all stay quiet for a moment as we all try to hear what’s being said, but our mentors know us well and keep quiet. Superboy just keeps looking at Superman, who seems like he doesn’t know what to do. Soon, though, Superman comes walking over to us and stops in front of Superboy with a sigh.
“We’ll, uh, we’ll figure something out for you,” Superman starts. “The League will, I mean,” he quickly adds on.
“For now, I’d better make sure they get that Blockbuster creature squared away,” he tells him in a cold tone before turning and flying away.
“Cadmus will be investigated, all 52 levels, but let’s make one thing clear—” Batman starts as he walks up behind us, making us all turn to look at him.
“You should have called!” Flash cuts him off and Batman very clearly squints his eyes in annoyance, making me hold back a laugh at the thought of what y/n would have said.
“End result aside, we are not happy. You hacked Justice League systems, disobeyed direct orders, endangered lives and over everything, Blue Jay got injured,” Batman informs us.
“You will not be doing this again,” he tells us in a very straightforward tone.
“I am sorry, but we will,” Kaldur states in a very clear tone and I take a step forward.
“Aqualad, stand down,” Aquaman demands in a very stern and angry tone.
“Apologies my king, but no,” Kaldur starts and Aquaman almost looks shocked for a moment.
“We did good work here tonight. The work you trained us to do. Together on our own we forged something powerful, important,” Kaldur explains as he takes a step forward as he stands his ground and we follow his lead, standing straight.
“If this is about your treatment at the hall, the four of you—” Flash starts to defend the mentors.
“The five of us, and it’s not!” Wally angrily cuts his mentor off before his tone softens.
“Batman, we’re ready to use what you taught us. Or why teach us at all?” I speak softly as I step forward and hold my hands out in confusion.
“Why let them tell us what to do?!” Superboy angrily asks with his arms crossed. “It’s simple,” he continues as he uncrosses his arms. “Get on board or get out of the way.”
“Batman, you know Blue Jay would be on our side,” I add in as we all stand talking in front of our mentors, but they all stay quiet and Batman gives his famous glare that I know all too well.
“This cave was the original secret sanctuary of the Justice League. We’re calling it into service again. Since you four—” Batman starts to explain to the four of us standing in a line in front of him, but I hold up a finger.
“Five, Bats. You know Jay will want in when she’s better,” I add and he sighs, nodding.
“—you five are determined to stay together and fight the good fight, you'll do it on League terms,” he continues to explain.
“Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor. Black Canary’s in charge of training. I… will deploy you on missions,” Batman explains and I roll my eyes behind my glasses.
“Real missions?” I ask him and he takes a step closer to us.
“Yes, but covert,” Batman curtly answers me.
“The League will still handle the obvious stuff. There’s a reason we have these big targets on our chests,” Flash speaks up from behind us, making us turn to look at him as he points to the symbol on his chest.
“But Cadmus proves the bad guys are getting smarter. Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly,” Aquaman takes over explaining with crossed arms, making us turn to him and Batman again.
“The six of you will be that team,” Batman tells us and I smile.
“Cool! Wait. Six?” I ask in confusion and Batman looks behind us, making us turn around once more.
“This is the Martian Manhunter’s niece, Miss Martian,” Batman introduces as Martian Manhunter and a girl version of him walks up to us.
“Hi,” she nervously says as she uncrosses her arms and gives a small wave.
“Liking this gig more every minute,” Wally comments in a sly, charismatic tone and I raise an eyebrow at him.
“Ow! What was that for?” Wally asks after I slap him on the head.
“You know Blue Jay would have done it for that comment, so until she’s fully rested and back, I’m doing it for her,” I tell him with a shrug and he gives me an angry look.
“Rude!” he groans and I chuckle as he just straightens up.
“Uh, anyway. Welcome aboard. I’m Kid Flash,” he immediately changes his mood, making me roll my eyes.
“That’s Robin,” he adds on as he introduces me and I give her a peace sign as I walk out from behind Wally.
“Aqualad, it’s cool if you forget their names,” Wally continues to introduce each of us.
“But I thought there were five others?” Miss Martian asks in confusion and I nod.
“Oh, there is. You’ll meet Blue Jay later. She was injured so she can’t be here, but don’t worry you’ll definitely get to meet her,” I inform her and she smiles softly.
“Well, I’m honored to be included,” she adds on, clasping her hands in front of herself like prayer hands. We all walk closer to her to talk a little more except Superboy and I turn around.
“Hey, Superboy!” I call out and he looks at me.
“Come meet Miss M!” I tell him as I wave him over and he turns before walking over to us.
He comes to a stop and closes off the little circle we’ve made. Miss Martian’s outfit starts to change so the colors match Superboy’s shirt and she looks at him shyly.
“I like your t-shirt,” she tells him and he just gives a small smile in response.
I reach up and elbow him in the side as Wally zooms around so he’s on his left. Wally wraps an arm around his shoulder as we all smile softly at her.
“Today is the day,” Kaldur says, making us look at him.
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