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Parallels	By : sirensoundwave Category: DC Verse Cartoons > Young Justice Views: 3185 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Plot and anything you don't recognize, mine. Everything else (Young Justice or any characters licensed by DC) belongs to their respective creators/writers/artists. Just know I make no profit off of this and shut up about it...m'kay?

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Sup peeps. Kudos to everyone who participated in the blackout. I also respect those who chose not to because it didn’t really affect them. To each his own but I do hope the admin noticed. The day the original announcement was made about the purge, the adultfanfiction (Not affiliated with FFnet) site experienced a massive swell in author registration and sudden story uploads. Just in case I do decide to write something FFnet disagrees with in the future, I am registered at Adultfanfiction and MediaMiner as sirensoundwave. Haven’t gotten around to Live Journal but my name will probably be the same (maintaining a LJ site seems like more work than I’m willing to put in...). Hmm, maybe outtakes or alternate chapters will be written and posted there. I have an idea for something funny but not sure how neatly it fits into the FFnet guidelines yet. I’m totally sure it will make some people cringe.
Oh, and I won’t get an invite to the Archive of Our Own Beta site til March of frickin next year! Grrr!
Rant over. So, we saw Roy basically murder his friends but the twins saved the day. Now we have enough info to move forward from the initial opening of chapter one. The Offspring start us off with The Kids Aren't Alright.
Plot and anything you don't recognize, mine. Everything else belongs to their respective creators/writers/artists. There are too many to list. Just know I make no profit off of this and shut up about it...m'kay?
Chapter 7
The Kids Aren't Alright
Chances thrown, nothing's free
Longing for, what used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
"You! This is all your fault!"
The League and few YJ members NOT having an episode looked on in shock. The normally laid back jokester of the group was glaring daggers at Superman. He was also standing next to a fist shaped hole in the cave wall.
Bewildered, Supes looked around until he realized the outburst was directed at him. Why was Wally yelling at him? What was he yelling about for that matter?!
He and several older heroes had responded to Robin's distress signals. One had been sent almost an hour beforehand. The second, less than ten minutes ago while they were already en route. They had no idea what happened on either occasion. Which is why the Man of Steel just stood there when the angry red head charged, albeit at a slower than usual pace. He knew hitting his body was like hitting steel, hence the nickname. He intended to move with the boy's blow to prevent the boy from breaking every bone on his clenched fist.
Yet another less than stellar idea on his part. He realized this about...half a second too late. When the missed right hook was followed up by an upper cut with his left.
POW!
His neck snapped back like bobble head-- since when was Wally so damn strong?!
The confusion over Wally's new found strength (and wicked temper) was eclipsed once Martian Manhunter forced the teen’s mind to shut down. The angry ginger dropped like a stone into a dead sleep mid third punch. The green Martian’s concern lay with the fact that he could see his adopted niece but he could also see a white martian that was clearly male looming over Artemis. From what he could tell, he wasn't attacking but his thoughts had no shield and were being broadcast to any telepath in range. He was keeping the female archer from drowning on land. Wait... those thoughts...
/Kaldur?/
/(Sigh) Yes. Something most odd has happened. I remember Robin and Wally arriving with an injured Batman then Red Arrow appeared. I believe we were all killed by his hand and those two children revived us. I am unsure as I was the second to fall./ A spindly arm came up to scratch the back of his head. /When I awoke, I was like this. Our abilities seem to have switched./
"Red Arrow? Are you sure?"
"What about Roy? He's still in the hospital." Green Arrow frowned as he tried to get Artemis more comfortable in the sink by holding her up slightly. His concern for his ‘niece’ overrode his initial fear of the thing beside her. To his suprise, it merely stepped away when he approached.
"According to Aqualad he is not. The clone of Roy is the cause of this. Everyone’s abilities have been transferred to someone else." The Martian replied.
"Where is Kaldur'um by the way?" Aquaman raised a thin brow. He did not see the young man anywhere. At first he feared that the boy had somehow lost all reason and had been the one behind the chaotic mess before him. He should not have let this go on! Garth was a better choice but he had to keep an eye on Kaldur'um somehow-
/I am...hurt that you would feel that way my King. I have never had a real, tangible reason to doubt or question my place in Atlantis but it appears I do now. Thank you for validating my fears./ Even telepathically, the tone was bitter. It was also not directed at merely the Sea King but everyone present. /What Red Arrow or rather Sagittarius told us about why you all have been so strict yet distant these past months is true isn't it?/
“Stop, wait, that’s Aqualad?!” Superman exclaimed. He was ignored by the next person to shout.
"That traitor wasn't lying? I don't believe this. We bust out asses to be the heroes we know we are and you look down your noses at us like we're no better than criminals. I can't take this!" Megan stormed out towards her room, tears in her eyes. Not one of the eight adults present could bring themselves to stop her. Conner would have run after her were he not stuck on the floor not wanting a repeat of his “superball” experience.
"I'd say more than powers got swapped guys. I've never been so angry and bitter in all my life. And I only have a vague notion of why. I love/hate Cheshire. I'm angry at Paula for getting involved with the man that put her in that chair, Sportsmaster. Whom I wish would step on an IED. You feel like this all the time Artemis?”Black Canary rubbed her temples. “Our emotions to some degree are overwhelming whoever got our powers. I bet that's why Wally tried to knock Supes into next week and might have succeeded. Congratulation Clark, it's a very pissed off boy with daddy issues like you wouldn't believe."
"I do not have daddy issues." Connor snapped from his place on the floor. "I just happen to share 50% of my DNA with a hypocritical fucktard who wishes I didn't exist and the other 50% with a delusional megalomaniac who wants me as a mindless killing machine. Loads of genetically engineered super freaks have that problem. Will somebody turn this damn thing off so I can get up?!" That last bit was hollered loudly.
Raquel hopped up and ran to him. She was still afraid to open her mouth so she took out her throw away cell phone and began to type.
#Um...concentrate and you can turn it off yourself. It's not exactly a separate part of you, more like a new limb. Try harder and you can will it into something smaller or bigger but just don't try to take it off...stupid thing doesn't actually come off anyhow and you'll probably pass out from the pain if you try.# She held it out for him to read.
"You haven't been able to take this thing off? Since when? I always thought it was just apart of you costume." Connor raised a brow.
#No. Accident. It's apart of me now. Icon's residual DNA on it fused with me too. We kinda have the market cornered on human/alien hybrid freaks.# She smiled wryly.
“This is much more troublesome than we thought.” Icon said. “I do not believe that this can continue. Our previous course of action, simple observation, was...ill conceived. Perhaps the key to understanding what Dr. Fate brought to our attention is actual interaction with our proteges. It has become obvious that our previous approach--”
“Was the same as an ostrich sticking it’s head in the sand?” Black Canary finished for him. “I would apologize for that if I felt it was out of line. But I don’t. Artemis seems to have greater restraint than we thought. The urge to verbalize every sarcastic thought in my head is pretty strong.”
WHUMP!
“Ow! Youresofrigginmeantomeyouoveratedtincan! Wouldithavekilledyoutodothatgently?!” Zatanna wailed at hyper speed. At some point. Dr. Fate he had reversed the spell placed on her by Robin (though the elder heroes dunno that yet). It was like flicking a switch. She was already off balance and failing over in slow-mo. Having her return to ‘normal’ plowed her into the hard floor like a bullet. Fate did not even acknowledge her tirade.
“Zatanna, calm down.” Artemis had been able to pull her head out of the sink thanks to a wet towel Kaldur had wrapped around her new gills. “You recieved Kid Flash’s superspeed. Concentrate on ennunciating so we may understand you bette-- since when do I talk like that?!”
/Is something the matter with how I talk?/ Kaldur asked. Megan’s typical speech pattern was slowly taking over his own.
“Besides the fact that you sound like an oreo? Nothing. Wait, Raquel what’s an oreo?” Connor stood up and pet a worried Wolf as Sphere rolled to him. Why had he called Kaldur a cookie? He knew the Atlantian didn’t like many sweets but did enjoy those. Two chocolate wafers with white cream filling dunked in milk--- ohhhhh. Well, that was mean. Who would make such a wonderful snack food a derogatory term?
“Has anybody been honest about anything since New Years?” Robin’s wrist computer asked in monotone voice. Since he too didn't trust his voice, he decided to use it's text to talk function. “We need to actually talk instead of tip-toeing around each other like landmines.There’s a few white elephants in the room.” The Boy Wonder put a hand on his hip in a every effeminate manner. Zatanna cracked up in true speedster fashion.
“Youlooklikeagirl!” She giggled madly.
“Um, what happened in here?” Flash tried to get back on topic.
“Until we get the systems back online, the kids will have to tell us. This ought to be insightful.” Green Lantern John Stewart found himself grateful that he doesn’t have a teen-aged mini-me and all the issues they entail. He had some reservations against the whole ‘wait and see’ policy. Granted he was more on the side of ‘slap Belle Reeve custom collars on em til we know what’s what’ but that was neither here nor there now. Seven emotionally unstable superkids now with unstable abilities and feelings that were not there own could only turn out to be a bad thing. Still it would be fun to watch Big Blue twist in the wind. And hopefully that other jerk would finally see that despite the front she put up, Z was just a scared little girl who needed her daddy.
Yeah right. This was about to go to pot and he knew it.
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
In a land far away, a certain woman who’s hair looked like a clear night sky, was worried. She had been resting when a sudden jolt of pain in her heart awoke her. He youngest, her baby, was so sad. She could feel his own heart breaking. Lady Gaia rose from her bed and went towards his room. However, as she neared, the feeling seemed to wane. Through a crack in the door, she watched two of her boys talk.
“I feel like shit...” She heard her baby moan. He was face down on the bed with a pillow over his head.
“I told you and Pollux getting close to mortals would be a bad idea.” A familiar, whiney voice chastised.
“Go away, Klarion. Don’t you have something better to do, like terrorizing the Light?” Sagittarius growled.
“More important than keeping my little brother from beating his own head in? Nope. Slide over.” Castor slid his hood down and sat next to him. “Despite how I feel about mortals, I understand your situation kiddo. You’ve gotten to really know them, gained their trust and given them yours. I’m sorry you had to do that to your friends but think of it like this. Sylphy and Gabe were there like we planned so they didn’t die. Nobody was ever in any real danger.”
“I know that. But you didn’t see the hurt and betrayal in their eyes. After New Years, I could ignore it because as far as they knew, I wasn’t myself. Just a puppet to the enemy. But this time, it was just worse. Now I am the enemy. Robin could sense that I wasn’t being forced to do anything this go ‘round.”
“That’s good.”
“You suck at the concerned older brother thing Cas.”
“Quit sulking a moment and think ‘Tari. It means Pisces will be trilled to know he’s using the abilities she gave him. We’ve suspected it since we arraEnged for the Bat to take him in but this is proof. Even if he doesn’t know he is. Seeing her watch him in her mirror like that is kinda depressing.” A pale blue hand ran through raven locks, undoing the demonic hairstyle. “She lost him once, I think losing him again will tear her soul asunder.”
“I guess.”
“Annnddd....they have no choice but to confront their issues now. We gave them the chance when we set Dr. Fake free. Instead he decided to be a prick and not tell them anything helpful. He still thinks Mother’s an evil bitch. So, she only gave him information she thought he couldn’t screw up. Until today, he only thought there were us Gemini to worry about and I’ll betcha Nabu still has no idea about Virgo and Pisces even though he’s seen one of them every damn day for almost a year.” Castor rubbed Sagittarius’ back as he spoke. “This has been building far too long for them to waste anymore time not dealing with the things that will get them all killed in the near future. The real threat is coming soon. We’ve already broken our covenant to never directly get involved in mortal affairs because of it. In a while, we’ll have no choice but to reveal ourselves fully. If we all survive what’s to come, I’m sure they’ll forgive you.”
After a moment of silence, a pillow whacked Castor in the face.
“What was that for brat?! I’m trying to help!”
“I know. You still suck at it.”
Gaia smiled as she watched her children wrestle on the bed. Castor had his reasons for how he behaved; she understood. His personal tragedy led to meeting Sylphine and falling for her charm though so it wasn’t a total loss. Still, it was nice to see her boys truly cared for each other despite how they acted. Without a word, she walked back to her room. The sound of laughter behind her brightening her mood.
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
“Well done my Adar Llachar*. I’m so sorry it has to be this way.” A lone tear splashed onto the surface of a small mirror held by pale green hands. The image of a very overwhelmed Robin was clearly displayed.
“Talkin to yourself Isley? Better watch out or Strange might make you disappear like Crane and Tetch when they went ‘batty’ too.” Killer Frost cackled from the adjacent cell.
“Shut it Ice Bitch!” Fright yelled from a few cells down.
“I’m soo scared. Without your powers you’re both too weak to defend yourselves during yard time. Remember that. You’re not so to(cough) what the hel(cough) Bleggghh!”
A loud splash caught he guards’ attention. As did the water flowing out of the ice villaness’ cell. They arrived to find the pale woman on her hands and knees vomiting the clear liquid in massive amounts. It was impossible for a human stomach to hold that much yet, it poured from her mouth by the gallon. Finally her eyes rolled up in her head and she fell face first into the puddle unconscious. The staff stood in bewilderment before they finally slung her onto a stretcher and carted her away.
Cell Block B2 was quiet for sometime before the murmurs started. Pamela “Poison Ivy” Isley chuckled to herself as the mirror she had been looking into liquefied and was absorbed into her skin. The inverted parentheses with a single line through them on her bare foot flared blue before fading away.
*I am bum...bum...bum...a line break!*
*Adar Llachar, Welsh for Bright Bird
Poor Sagittarius...see he’s not a total bastard. Okay for anyone not sure...
Zodiac Knights
Mother---Lady Gaia
Castor--Klarion
Pollux---???
Sagittarius--Roy
Pisces---Poison Ivy
Virgo---???
Epsilon---Cheshire
Power Swap
Artemis---Aqualad
Kid Flash---Superboy
Rocket--Black Canary
Robin---Zatanna
Aqualad---Ms. M
Zatanna---Kid Flash
Superboy---Rocket
Black Canary---Artemis
Miss Martian---Robin
The next couple of chapters will focus on only a few characters at a time. There will be plot progression but back story and character development too. The clues are all there for you guys to figure out who Pollux and Virgo are on your own. Sirensoundwave out.
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