165Auld Acquaintance
AN: This one starts out nsfw boys and girls so watch it!
Mount Justice, December 31st 2010, 05:35 a.m.
James had stirred from his sleep with a slight groan, his dreams losing their place in his mind as James' eyes adjusted to the low lighting emitting from the ceiling so they could see. Turning his head, he smiled at the sight of Donna asleep, he still didn't understand how she could still look absolutely beautiful with her hair frazzled about and with a small bit of drool sliding out the corner of her mouth. He laid onto his side to watch her, his healing factor made sleep an option for him as opposed to a necessity.
Waking up to that every morning, best thing a man could ask for. he thought, watching as Donna shifted, the covers sliding off her shoulders and exposing her lavender colored bra. Ok that's the best sight to wake up to. he thought jokingly to himself as he reached to his hand out and grabbed the blanket just as Donna opened her dazzling blue eyes and saw what James was doing.
A smile graced her morning features, "Morning to you too…." she murmured out, sitting up and letting the sheets fall from her upper body as she stretched.
"Go back to sleep. It's too early to be up." he implored as he rubbed his eyes in hope of falling back asleep, he amazon glanced over at the clock and sighed before laying back down beside him. The amazon didn't bothering covering herself since James had seen her with nothing at all on, however she did notice that James' gaze was focused on her intently now.
"You said you were trying to sleep." she reminded.
His eyes met her's, James tried to ignore her wild looking hair, her beautiful blue eyes and sweet tantalizing, kissable lips. But the ever so slight scent of her that he caught in his nostrils, "I'm not tired." he replied, the amazon noticing the spark in his eyes. Her lips curled into a smirk as she turned over onto him, her mouth was inches away from his just out of reach.
"Mmmmh, I can tell your wide awake." she purred, her inner thigh brushing over his stiffness. She slowly stroked him through his boxers with her thighs, "Your waking me up as well." she whispered while she watched James' face scrunch up in pleasure before an almost feral look appeared in his eyes. He tried to lift himself up, but Donna planted a firm hand down on his chest and pushed herself up, her heart was racing from the look of absolute lust James' face held beneath her.
She saw his fists gripping the sheets, she didn't need the mental link to tell that he was trying his damnedest not to simply pounce her, however she had recently learned of a way for him to release his frustrations. Reaching back, she grabbed the covers and threw them back, exposing themselves to the open air, looking over her shoulder Donna saw James was standing at full attention through his boxers. "Is that for me?" she asked cutely.
James would probably have smiled if he wasn't worked up, "Donna, I swear to every deity I will kill something if you leave me like this." he growled out, his hips pushing up to try and get some friction between them but only ending up with his covered head bushing against her ass cheek.
She reached her other hand back and cusped his rod, making the berserker beneath her stiffen with a growl, "I have no intention of doing that my love." she assured as she lifted the hand on his chest off him, James remained beneath her as she stroked him through his clothed waist. "Mmmm, why don't we do this every morning?" she pondered aloud. Her fingers slipped into the waistband and pulled the cloth down, freeing his hardness from their confines. She turned her head back to him with a sultry smile, "I want to try something."
"Anything." James said on the verge of desperation for her touch, she smiled down at him before leaning down and planting a kiss on his lips as she released him. She slowly made her way down, pecking his chin and jaw before moving down his neck and over his chest while she crawled back down the bed. When she finally reached his pelvis, her eyes examined her prize, her hand stroked his cock slowly while she readied herself, her fingertips brushed over the head and she heard James let out a grunt.
Noticing his lover's hesitation James regained as little composure as he could before finding his voice, "Donna you don't need to if you- "he began before her tongue flicked the head, he nearly tore into the bed with his bare hands from the spike of pleasure. "Fuuuucccck." he moaned out as his head craned back.
Donna watched his reaction with a breathy smirk before dragging her tongue up the side of his length, she didn't know what she expected but it wasn't bad, or good, honestly the only way she could describe it was like a mixture of sweet and saltiness that almost canceled each other out. Soon she found herself gliding her tongue up and down his shaft sloppily, however the way James was seizing beneath her sent a thrill down her spine.
She hovered over the head of the cock, brushing her hair back over her shoulder as she looked down at her target before shutting her eyes and opening her mouth, lowering herself down over his length slowly as she fit it into his mouth. She heard him moan while her lips closed around his cock, she slid down and began to suck him off.
She had no experience that was clear, but she knew that this felt incredible to James, so she persevered. Her head pushed just halfway down his cock just before she pulled back to the head as James let out a shuttering gasp, his hand reached out and laid on her silky hair while she grabbed what she could not fit inside her mouth, he gently guided her motions, pushing down when she did as well as pulling back. The wet sound
If he wasn't careful he could ruin this entire experience if he pushed too much, Donna looked up at him with her lips still wrapped around him, both of their sights simply fueled them with more lust as Donna resumed her cocksucking while beginning to use her tongue to swirl around his head, his hand gripping her hair told her that what she did brought him waves of pleasure he hadn't experienced before.
Her lips pulled up off his now wet length and planted a little kiss on the head, her ragged breath blowing over the slick member and sending shivers down his spine. The two lovers locked eyes, they both shared a smile with one another before Donna began to crawl up the bed on her hands and knees towards James like a predator stalking her prey.
She met with James eye to eye before sitting up by her knees and gazing down at him, his eyes roamed down from her eyes, her moist lips were slightly parted as she caught her breath, her covered breasts heaving slightly as she tried to catch her breath. But her overwhelming aroma is what drew his focus to her covered pussy, there was darker spot right in the middle of the purple panties she wore.
James leaned forward and clamped his mouth onto the damp spot, Donna released a soft moan as his warm breath passed through the thin cloth. She watched as James pulled away locked his eyes with her with his irises a mix of red and their usual brown which sent an excited shiver through Donna's spine before he closed his teeth around her inner thigh and bit down with enough to make Donna buck her hips against his face. "I can rip them off or cut them off." he growled.
Instead however Donna pulled the fabric to the side, exposing her moist lips which James immediately delved into her, the amazon howled out her loudest moan yet as he buried himself into her lower lips. The raven-haired beauty fell back, catching herself on one of her hands while James clung her rear cheeks his hands, giving them a firm squeeze as his tongue entered her clit while his nose bruised into her small patch of hair. "O-h oh godssssss!" she gasped out into a moan, her head craning into his waist.
His tongue danced along her folds before he parted from her womanhood, "Your pussy is so sweet Donna." he said before delving back into her, cutting his lover off before she could retort. He ate her out like a hungry animal, his lisp sucking against her outer folds while his tongue danced against her clit, slurping up the sweet tasting nectar that Donna produced as her legs wrapped around his head and trapped him against her core.
The amazon's loud moans carried throughout the room, her head rolled over to the side where she was met with her love's still erect cock standing at attention she grasped him and slid the pole back into her mouth, her moans sending vibrations to James which just made his 'attack' more intense. His hands slid up and around her body to her chest where he pulled her bra down enough for him to freely fondle her breasts causing her to moan around his cock loudly. He bucked his hips against her lips, shoving himself deep into her mouth as her drool slid down the sides of him.
James began to seize up, before he could warn Donna his cum shot into her mouth, causing the Amazon's eyes widen in surprised as withdrew her mouth and coughed some of his essence before finally swallowing while James continued to eat her out. "Mwwwahhhhh!" she moaned out as her lips popped off his length, "J-J-James I'm close I-Ohhhh!" she wailed in pleasure as her damn broke, James's as coated in her pussy juices when she finally came. Her legs loosed around his head, allowing him to pull away with a small string of liquid connecting his lips to her lower ones. He licked it up like he had just finished a meal before swallowing it in front of her.
The amazon couldn't help the blush to her checks at such a lewd act, they stayed in their places for a minute to catch their breathes as well as simply bask in the afterglow of sex. James pulled himself away from Donna, so he could lay down beside her, the raven-haired beauty looked at him with a sly smirk, "That was supposed to be your belated Christmas present."
James's hand brushed down her side to her hip, "Well maybe for you…. I certainly enjoyed myself." he replied earnestly, making Donna's cheeks brighten a little as her lips tugged into a smirk. "I wouldn't mind waking you up like that once in a while." he added.
Donna's eyes casted a interested look, "Hmmm….maybe." she tempted" to herself, "But then again if we did that every morning? We wouldn't leave the bed." she mused, "And eventually someone would go looking for us and next thing you know M'gann is scarred for life." she joked.
"She's over a hundred years old, if anyone would be scarred it'd be Conner." James guessed, making the amazon chuckle as she rested her head against his shoulder. That complaint however would easily be fixed if she and him had their own place to live aside from the cave, however the biggest glaring issue was that neither of them held any real money for something like that.
Donna chuckled to herself, "True…I love you."
"I know." He instantly responded with hesitation, "I love you too." he said, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her frame into his side. "Well we're obviously not going to get any sleep soon." he stated whilst observing their current state. "I could go for some breakfast." he offered.
Donna couldn't help herself, "But you just ate." she said before she could stop herself before biting her lips to stop herself from saying anything else. James looked at her blankly, causing her to burst into a fit of giggles and bury her face into his shoulder to muffle herself out.
"…I'm keeping the bacon for myself." he stated in retaliation. Donna's muffled laughter soon died down and she pulled back, looking at him with a small smile that slowly began to fade away. "What is it?" he inquired.
She didn't want to bring it up, especially during pillow talk but the thought had been weighing on her mind throughout the night, "Are we in over our heads?" she asked, "This…..cabal of supervillains, if we're right about this then it changes a lot of things." she explained.
The tracker slowly nodded in agreement, the formation of the Injustice League showed what a group of villains banding together would be like but the fact is that this secret group had been pulling the strings behind this entire operation since before the Team was even formed right under the Justice League's nose. "Yeah…..but something tells me that's not what bugging you." he guessed.
"…I'm just a little worried." she admitted. James held onto her a little tighter for reassurance. "…but the upside is that they don't know that we're onto them." she said with a small smile before noticing James' knowing smirk, "Sorry…I ruined post sex bliss didn't I?"
"A little bit yeah." James confirmed, getting a light elbow as a reply.
Mount Justice, December 31st 2010, 07:15 a.m.
The Team had gathered in the hideout to further discuss the events that transpired yesterday along with the shocking revelation that they had stumbled upon. The group of ten made their way down the hall towards the mission room with all of them wearing their full costumes, "We have reason to feel proud of yesterday's victories, but one thing have not changed." he explained as Robin walked up beside him.
"Somehow the bad guys are still getting intel us." he explained. Even with their connecting the dots it still didn't explain how T.O. Morrow's androids discovered the location of their secret base, or how that their enemies had set a trap for them in the first place yesterday.
"Yeah, well at least we know none of us are the mole." Wally said unbeatably, Artemis looked over at him with a soft smile at his words. However James smacked the back of Speedster's head, "Ow! What's that for?!" he asked as he rubbed the spot where he had gotten hit.
The berserker looked at him flatly, "Ever heard of the phrase, 'tempting fate'? Because you have a knack for it." he said bluntly. Wally opened his mouth to retort but James held up a finger to cut him off, "Yesterday, when you asked who was next, your solo mission when you wanted some excitement, do I need to go on?" he asked.
"But it wasn't any of us!" he proclaimed loudly as hey entered the mission room where Red Tornado and Batman stood waiting.
"That's correct." the dark knight said before typing a few commands into the holographic keyboard beside him, "The mole was Red Arrow." he stated darkly as a image of the archer appeared while the Team froze in their tracks from bewilderment.
"Roy?" Robin asked skeptically.
"No way!" Kid Flash proclaimed in his friend's defense.
Kaldur regained his composure, "Batman that cannot be." he stated firmly, "He was Green Arrow protégé, we've all known him for years." he declared, readying to list off more reasons for his friend's innocence. The others looked skeptical at the news as well, James even knew Red Arrow was innocent. The two of them may not have always seen eye to eye on everything but that didn't mean that he thought the crimson archer was capable, let alone willing to betray his friends.
"Unfortunately, the Roy Harper you have known for the last three years, is another Project Cadmus clone." Red Tornado explained, James saw Conner stiffen at the mention of Cadmus cloning. How they were still allowed to function after discovering Superboy was beyond him, but after this he was certain that it'd be burned to the ground.
Batman picked up to explain, "We've learned that the real Speedy was abducted soon after becoming Green Arrow's sidekick. The clone was programed with a drive to join the Justice League, which is why he was so angry over any delays admission, why he refused to join the Team. This Roy Harper was had no idea he was a clone, or a traitor, and his subconscious programing drove him to become League worthy." the dark knight told the team, however as he spoke James couldn't help but sense that something was off.
The explanation was…..convenient, Roy's anger towards the League was understandable, and his drive to join was real that much was apparent. But what the root of his suspicions wasn't the reasoning but the two presenting them to the Team. He hadn't picked up on it when he entered but now he could smell it clearly, there were pheromones in the air, the almost chemical scent radiated out from the two Leaguers in front of them like animals in heat.
Batman finished his explanation, leaving one question which Robin asked, "What….what happened to the real Roy?"
"We don't know, he isn't at Cadmus…we have to face the possibility, that the real Roy Harper…is dead." he stated bluntly to the Team, Kaldur, Wally, and Robin seemed to take the news the hardest, James felt the anger come off them in waves.
"The clone Roy. The Team will find him." Aqualad stated with a slight edge to his voice, deciding to use his grief for now and not let it consume him or the others.
"Negative." Batman said, "Red Arrow is a member of the Justice League now. Leave him to us." he ordered before receiving a call in his cowl. "I'm needed on the watchtower." he said before turning towards the Zeta tubes, "Tornado, stay with the kids." he said as he passed, the word 'kids' sticking out to James like a sore thumb. He had never once heard Batman refer to them as kids. A tug on his sleeve was a signal from Donna, she had caught it as well.
Kaldur turned to the Team with determination brewing in his eyes, 'Clone or no clone, Red Arrow was one of us. We will go after him.' he said across the mental link while Red Tornado approached him from behind with his arm raising up. However James stepped forward and stopped the android by the wrist. The android look at him before shaking slightly and hunching over.
The team looked at him shocked, 'Dude what did you do?' Kid Flash asked in slight alarm while Robin walked up to the android with a suspicious look whilst he activated his scanner.
'I was getting a bad vibe from him and Batman! I didn't know I'd…..turn him off!' James thought across the mental link in his own defense. He was honestly just going to ask what was up but he didn't think the android would just shut down like this! 'Oh god I didn't like….kill him did I?' he asked with a slightly worried tone.
Zatanna held her hands up against her temples, 'Guys, I'm sensing a low level mystic force at play. I dounno if it caused his shutdown but….now that I thinking about it, I was getting the same buzz off Batman.' she realized as she lowered her hands from her head and looked at Red Tornado quizzically.
'I was smelling something like pheromones coming from both of them, I couldn't tell if they were lying or not…..something is up with Batman at least.' Wolverine said, eyeing the Zeta tube that he had used to leave the cave.
'Batman/ He…..called us kids. He never does that.' the boy wonder realized.
Kid Flash looked over Red Tornado when something in his hand caught his attention, 'Look.' he thought to the others, drawing their attention to the small jagged device he held within his hand. 'It's one of those bio-tech chips we confiscated off Cheshire.'
'Something is not right.' Aqualad stated, he looked at his Teammates, 'Robin, Kid, Zatanna, Rocket, Wonder Girl. See if you can't get Red Tornado back online. The rest with me to find Ro….Red Arrow.' he corrected himself as the others fallowed him out of the cave, leaving Donna, Robin, Rocket, Zatanna, and Kid Flash with Red Tornado.
Robin looked down at the screen over his bracer, 'The problem is hardware nto software. But where do we start?' he asked Kid Flash and Donna sent Zatanna an unsure look. She was nowhere near the level of technology savvy as the others on the team, she knew how to work her phone but that was after months of not knowing that there was a guide built into it to show her the features. She knew she was here in case Red Tornado 'woke up' and tried to attack.
"You got any ideas?" she asked, being the first one to say anything out loud since Batman left. Zatanna looked up at the ceiling where the entrance to Red Tornado's room was. During the mission to New Orleans the other members of the Team, Donna included, found that Red Tornado was currently working on his own alter ego…..in the form of another body.
The light flipped in Donna's head as she realized what the magician was hinting at, "It could work right?" she asked the Amazon.
"Am I the only one getting Frankenstein vibes from this?" Donna asked, looking down at the two bodies before, each of them laid out on a table. One of them was Red Tornado an the other was a Caucasian bald mam with red pants on. After explaining what they had found in his room, Robin ordered Donna to retrieve the body so that they could download his software into the body.
Kid Flash connected some wires to the side of Red Tornado's head, "Only if we had a hunchback, and there was a thunderstorm outside….other than that yeah, total Frankenstein vibes." He agreed as Robin began the download.
The amazon watched as the screen showed the progress of the download between the two bodies, "Ok so when you said software, it's basically his brain. Right?" she asked, Kid Flash nodded, "And the Hardware is his body then?" she reaffirmed, wanting to make sure she understood exactly what they were doing. Wally made a thumbs up sign and Donna sighed, "I swear learning other languages was more easy than this." she muttered before the Zeta Tube's light came on and Black Canary entered the cave.
"Hey guys, I just wanted to come check on-What are you doing to Red!?" she shouted I shock as she realized what she walked in on.
Kid Flash was the first to speak, "Ok this isn't what it looks like!" he denied.
"It looks like your downloading his consciousness into a new body." The martial artist stated plainly.
Kid Flash and Robin look at each other, the boy wonder rubbed his shoulder and looked away while Kid Flash tried to find something to say. "Ok…then it is what it looks like." he said just in time for the machine to chime, signaling the download was complete, Red Tornado sat up in his human body and opened his eyes.
"TEAM GET OUT OF THE CAVE NOW!" He warned before Black Canary suddenly unleashed a canary cry that sent Red's torso off the table into Wally while the Legs hit Rocket and Zatanna. Donna and Robin charged at Black Canary, Robin down at her with a fist which she easily grabbed before slamming him down into the floor. With her back turned, Donna grabbed her waist and hoisted her up into the air before falling back and preforming a suplex on her and pinning her to the ground while Robin recovered and used a sleep pellet to knock her out while Rocket used her barrier to trap the gas around Black Canary's head.
When she finally fell unconscious, Wonder Girl looked over at the boy wonder with a small smile, "Nice going." she said, holding up her hand which he high-fived.
Watchtower, December 31st 2010, 23:10 p.m.
Finding Roy had been easy, his last Zeta Tube location was in Washington D.C. where he had a safehouse located. Once He explained everything that happened to him, the Teams regrouped and filled each other in on what they had learned. Vandal Savage was now in control of the Justice League, due in part to Red Arrow being a Cadmus Clone who infiltrated their ranks and used a new form of technology that used nanotech as well as magic to control the host's body.
Thankfully the Team happened to know a few certain people to help out, the day was spent flying around the world to gather the people who could create a counter to this Starro-tech, the first was Sterling Roquette, the scientist that Red Arrow himself had saved from the League of Shadows and the inventor of the Fog. Queen Mera of Atlantis and their chief scientist who gladly helped, and finally Amanda Spence of Cadmus who Conner recommended.
What their efforts bore fruit to was Cure-tech, a counter to the mind controlling technology that had infested the Justice League. Of course they had to test it out on Black Canary and Red Tornado's bodies, the former of which took an hour to wake up from after the injection caused her to loose consciousness. Each member of the Team had taken about a dozen or so chips of cure-tech, when they encountered a Leaguer they just needed to place it on them and they would be saved.
And luckily Black Canary and Red Tornado knew of a route into the Watchtower that Vandal wouldn't know about, or rather they would make a route since a wall on the lower level of the tower was weaker than the others. So after ten solid minutes of Wonder Girl and Superboy bashing through the wall of the Watchtower, the Team infiltrated the space station. 'RT did it, wirelessly bypassed security as soon as he arrived. Savage doesn't know we're here.' Robin said across the telepathic link to those gathered around him.
'Everyone move out, stick together in pairs, this is the justice League, even controlled they should never be underestimated.' Aqualad warned before the Team split up into pairs, Superboy and Robin, Kaldur and Rocket, M'gann and Zatanna, Kid Flash and Artemis, and Wonder Girl with Wolverine.
As Wolverine and the amazon made their way through the watchtower, James took a whiff of the air, 'Ok Robin, Superboy, Hawkman is close by alone on patrol, take him out.' he thought through the mental link as he stopped by a corridor corner as footsteps echoed down the hall, peeking around the side the red eyes of his stealth suit caught sight of Aquaman, Green Arrow, and the Flash enter a doorway with the words 'Cargo Bay' right beside the door frame. Donna flew up above near the ceiling to avoid detection, stopping just above the doorway she peeked inside.
'Green Arrow, Flash, and Aqualad spotted.' She reported, there were little odds that she and James could take the three of them alone even with her strength and his claws. 'They're alone for now.' she added as James slipped past the doorway beneath her undetected and continued down the hall.
Reaching an stairwell, Donna flew up through the shaft while James fallowed her up the stairs until he caught the scent of a lone Leaguer. Stopping at a door in the stairwell, Donna landed silently behind him and looked over his shoulder as the door slid open. Only for the newest Green Lantern to be awaiting them on the other side, "Aw hell." James muttered before the startled Lantern flew back and fired a array of green energy blasts at him, Donna flipped over in front of him and raised her bracers to deflect the oncoming shots.
Wolverine ran out from Donna's flank to try and grab the Green Lantern, however Kyle simply formed a robotic claw to grab him and toss him down the hall behind him. Donna took off at him while his focused as turned to Wolverine and tackled him through the air and out the door that Kyle had thrown Wolverine. The berserker picked himself up off the ground, they were in the atrium part of the Watchtower now, with a large window looking out towards space with the ledge behind him looking over an artificial forest.
'Guys we got a Lantern here, would love some backup now.' he thought across the mental link just before the newest member of the League formed a green Gatling gun and pointed it at the two team members.
"….aw crap." Donna said before the barrel started rotating. Before she could raise her gauntlets Wolverine charged past her directly towards the Green Lantern as he unleashed a hailstorm of gunfire onto the tracker. The constructs tore into his flesh while the teen powered through the bullet storm, slabs of flesh being torn from his body despite his perseverance until he fell onto a knee. Donna's first instinct was to cover James until he could heal himself, but before she could fly in front and block the fire she saw that all of the controlled Lantern's attention was solely focused on James.
Seizing the opportunity she pulled out one of the cure-tech patches from her gauntlets and flew up towards the underside of the ceiling before curving and flying down behind Kyle and placing a patch on his neck, he froze as his construct disappeared before falling to the ground. Donna flew over to James and kneeled beside him, "Are you-" she stopped when she saw the extent of the damage.
The left side of his mask and face were gone, his silver skull showing through the damage while the functioning side of his face was breathing heavily. his left arm and side were also heavily damaged but was already healing themselves back to peak condition. "Never mind, dumb question." she added as she helped him up onto his feet while he let out a small growling sound.
"That…was…painful." he proclaimed angerly while his face mended it's tendons and skin back into place. The pair heard a pair of footsteps approaching from the hall they came from, turning their heads the berserker sighed when both X-23 and Wonder Woman emerged from the hall, "Pain isn't over yet apparently." James said as he readied his claws for Laura.
She pounced at him, sending the two of them off the ledge and into the forest area below while Donna clashed with her mentor. Crashing through a series of tree branches, the two kin hit the ground and rolled away from each other with their claws out while crouched to the ground. James took in Laura's demeanor, the almost blank expression made his blood, Laura was being controlled against her will by someone else again, this time he would be sure that whomever thought this to be a good idea would suffer more than Kimura did.
But thankfully, James knew that he could take Laura.
The two took off at one another like a gunshot had been fired, entire upper body lunged forward with her claws out forward while James dodged to the left and sliced his claws across her back aiming for her spine to temporarily disable her but only managing to graze her. She turned and swung her foot out with her claw extended, James lost right eye to the blade but grabbed her leg with both his arms and pulled her off balance and slammed his elbow into her face. She fell down with James plunging his claws through her chest just below her heart.
Before he could attach the cure-tech to her though her feet slammed into his chest, kicking him into the side of one of the surrounding trees, she charged at him with claws raised and the same blank expression on her face. James leapt oup and grabbed onto a branch while swinging his feet out with both sets of claws out at Laura's head. He's beaten Laura before but that was when she was a unthinking rage machine, she might not have control of her body but she still seemed to be think for herself. She slid under her legs and slashed the back of his knees, rendering them useless for the time being.
Perfect. he thought sarcastically as he was pulled down from the branch to the ground, her claws lunged at I head but he blocked them with his own, locking them in place as she put all her weight forward, her twin sets of claws both inching towards his face. Going on instinct he slammed his head int her's, his metal covered skull cracking her's and dazing her long enough for him to sink his rink claws into her head, 'killing' her.
As she slumped over, James placed the cure-tech on her neck and watched it absorb into her skin before letting out a sigh of relief, "Sorry Laura." he apologized as he sat and waited for his legs to heal. Reaching up to his face he tore off the remains of his mask and tossed it aside before standing up and making his way out of the forest and towards the stairway leading to the floors above.
As that went on, Donna clashed with Wonder Woman.
Donna swung a kick in midair at her mentor only for it to be grabbed before Wonder Woman swung her around and threw her through a brick column, bouncing across the ground, Donna stood and wiped some blood on her lip. "You know, I've been having some issues with you for a while now." she said as Diana flew right at her. Donna sidestepped her and grabbed her lasso on her belt, tying it on her ankle and pulling it taught before yanking her back and driving her fist into the back of Wonder Woman's head into the ground. "So this is actually very therapeutic for me." she finished right before Diana swiped her legs out from under her.
Thankfully Donna merely floated in the air before diving at her mentor and sending them both crashing through the ground and into the wall on the floor beneath the one she was previously on, she reeled her fist back to try and knock Wonder Woman out but she countered by kicking her in the midsection and kneeing her in the head when Donna double over, she flew off the wall and three her into the ground below. Donna lifted herself up onto her side, Ok brute force obviously wont work. Time to get a little creative. she thought before taking another cure-tech patch from under her bracer amd tossing it in her mouth, This is just going to be plain…ew. she thought as Wonder Woman came down on top of her.
Grabbing Donna by the cuff of her collar she lifted her up and reeled her arm back, before she could hit her however, Donna stick her tongue out onto Diana's hand, attaching the cure-tech to her skin, Diana's eyes widened with surprise before closing them and falling down. "Ugh, that was gross." Donna said out loud before spitting. "That's how you get sick Donna, licking people's hands." she chastised herself before picking up Wonder Woman and carrying her over to the pillar by the ledge.
"….Sorry for that…I'm still mad at you…..and I think you know that." she said to her unconscious teacher. She knew that this was not the time or place for such platitudes but she had been sitting on her feelings ever since she last saw Diana…..and she knew that the minute she saw her she would want to forgive her…..but….
"Diana…..I love you like a sister….you ARE my sister. But….I'm not ready to forgive you just yet…I will eventually, I know I will but for now…." she let out a sigh. "I want to tell you this when your awake but I just know that you'll say something that will make me want to forget all this, and you'll say how you understand and blah blah blah." she repeated as her eyes drifted upward. She took a deep breath, "I'll forgive you…..just not yet…and I know you worry about me, but….I'm ok now." she said before leaning down and placing a familial peck on Diana's tiara.
She leaned back and placed her hand on her sister's head, "Good talk." she finished before turning around, her eyes widened when she saw James standing in the doorway with a soft smile. Seeing the state he was currently in she couldn't help but wince, "Your having a bad day aren't you?" she asked sympathetically.
"I was just torn apart by a minigun, then had both my leg tendons slashed…..yeah I'm having a bit of rough day." he stated as he pushed off the doorway he was leaning on for support. "How are we everyone?" he asked through the mental link.
"Our Mentors are subdued, everyone regroup and meet up in the central control room. It is time we put a end to this coup." Aqualad informed the pair. The two immediately left to meet up with the other members of the team, they met with Robin, Ms. Martian and Superboy as they ran up the stairs towards the main hall where they met up with the others, them having come from the interior of the station. As they entered the main hall, they all saw both Vandal Savage and Clarion disappear into a swirling red vortex.
As the vortex dissipated and with it Vandal Savage, much to the Team's disappointment. On the ground was the Red Tornado's torso, his arms and legs having been torn off by some of the Justice League members, Aqualad approached him and kneeled down beside him, "Good work Team. You have won the day." he congratulated the others.
As Kaldur stood up, a holo-screen appeared in the middle of the room signaling the time, '12:00. Happy New Year, Justice League.' the computerized voice announced before it began playing Auld Lang Syne, the song that was always played at new years. James couldn't help but smirk to himself, looking over at Donna she looked around somewhat confused as the others looked at one another, Conner an M'gann shared a kiss as Wally picked Artemis up in his arms and kissed her as well.
She turned back to James with a grin, grabbing him by his shoulders she pulled him over and dipped him down, much to her lover's fluster before her lips met his. He was surprised at first, however he could only wrap his arms around her neck and kiss her back, pulling away they shared a small smile before Donna pulled him back up onto his feet. "Human custom still eludes me." Red Tornado said, causing them both to look down at the android. Donna leaned down and gave him a small peck on his forehead, "….I still see no appeal to this action."
Watchtower, January 1st 2011, 00:45 a.m.
After the Justice League finally regained consciousness, after explaining what happened what had transpired the League members gathered went to work trying to track down Savage and his cabal that the Team had discovered, handing over all information that they had gathered. James, Roy, Robin, and Kaldur sat in the meeting room of the Watchtower at a U shaped desk along with their mentors, plus Black Canary who was there to help Roy and Green Arrow and Captain Marvel for moral support.
And with the day winding to a close, Roy's situation was finally beginning to sink in upon him, "Everything I knew about myself is a lie…I'm not a hero, or a sidekick…..I'm a traitor." he said shamefully as he looked down at the table. "A pawn." he finished, James felt Laura tense up beside him, she knew all too well what Red Arrow was going through, the regret, the guilt, the knowledge that he was responsible for compromising the safety of his friends and mentors.
"Roy it'll be-" Black Canary began as she tried to place a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm not Roy." he cut her off, "I don't know what I am. All I know is I have to find the real Roy, I need to rescue Speedy."
"Guardian is already searching Cadmus." Batman reassured, however it seemed to bring little comfort to Red Arrow. "However we have other issues as well, Bell Reave's supervillain population has all but disappeared while we were indisposed." The dark knight added, "The warden, Hugo Strange, is missing as well and is thought to be the perpetrator behind the escape." he explained.
"I'll work on tracking Strange down." Laura volunteered as she raised a hand, "He could lead us to the locations of the other inmates, maybe even other members of this…Light." she suggested, receiving nods of approval from the other League members. As she stood to leave, James did as well before fallowing her out of the room. When they turned the corner she gave James a smile, "Thanks…..I mean it." she said sincerely as she placed a hand on James' shoulder.
The Team's tracker shrugged, "All in a day's work for the Team." he boasted proudly as they walked down the hall to ledge overlooking the atrium. They both stopped and took in the sight of Earth in the large window on the opposite wall far across the room. "You know looking back….it's weird thinking I used to be solo for so long." he said suddenly, "I mean it was you and me for the longest time but now….I take a look around and it's hard to believe."
He saw Laura frown out the corner of his eye, "That's on me….I asked you if you wanted all this and you said yes but…..I still just kept you tucked away from this." she stated plainly.
"Yeah but I don't blame you for that." James countered, causing his sister to look at him imploringly for an explanation. "Look it would have been cool to hang out with Robin, KF and Kaldur but they were just friends then. Now…..this is a team and…..I may not have been with it since day one, but I'll always be a part of it. And I love that." he said proudly, making Laura smile. The two heard the sets of footsteps behind them and saw Kaldur and Robin approaching them with serious looks on their faces, "Let me guess, we got an Op?" he guessed.
"Guardian hasn't reported in sicne the League contacted him. We're to investigate Cadmus and report our findings." Kaldur explained. James nodded in understanding as he walked with them, leaving Laura to watch him with a proud smile.
….he's got what you wanted Logan….family. she thought to herself, watching as James gathered with the other members of his team and readied to move out.
Washington DC, January 1st 2011, 00:50
Lex Luthor watched as Mala, the Brian's companion, loaded Roy Harper into the back of the transport truck. He turned his head to his own companions, "The League will mobilize soon, we'll change trucks to be safe and then transport the specimens to your location."
Ra's Al Gul nodded, "The League's investigation into us will be brief, they'll be too busy focused on our distraction at the Bell Reave facility. It is the children we will have to deal with." he pointed out as the back doors of the transport closed before driving off. As it turned out of the parking lot, a new figure walked forward through the smoke it left behind.
He stood seven feet tall, his buff frame was covered with a long black trench coat, his hands had pointed black clawed nails on the fingers but wasn't the most noticeable feature. His hair was long and white, tied back into a ponytail with the hair pulled back to show his pointed ears, his pupiless eyes looked at his compatriots with a slight grin, showing one of his fangs, "I shall see to the children. It's been far too long since I have had some playthings." the man said sinisterly as he raised a hand and cracked his knuckles.
Just before four silver claws popped out from between his fingers.
Epilogue
James walked though the cave of Mount Justice with a irritated look on his face, by the time the Team had arrived at Cadmus, they had cleaned house and taken all their resources off site along with Guardian. Robin had managed to retrieve some hastily deleted files in the hopes that they could find a lead. Cadmus was going to be a joint investigation between the Team and the League, with both groups taking shifts between investigating the front for the light and locating the escaped supervillains.
The Team had also extended Roy an invitation to rejoin until his predicament was settled which he humbly accepted, so he would be staying in James' old room.
He wanted to do one more sweep of his old room before Roy took up residence, just to make sure he didn't leave something behind. The door slid open and he stepped inside, however as he crossed the threshold to the room his senses picked up a scent, someone had been in his room while they were gone. How the hell…..even with the League out of commission there's still enough security here to keep anyone out. he thought as he began to search his old room.
Opening the closet he found nothing inside, he turned his attention to the desk beside the door, opening the drawer under the surface he still found nothing. He then looked at the bed, he ran his hand over the comforter for anything feeling out of place but found nothing of the sort.
Finally he laid on the ground and looked underneath he bed, where a box was awaiting him, reaching under the bed he grabbed the tin box and pulled it out, giving it a sniff he didn't detect anything dangerous like explosive materials or anything like that. He placed it on the bed and slowly opened the lid.
Inside was a piece of folded paper covering the rest of the contents, picking up the paper he unfolded it.
'James.
I'm sorry can't even describe the amount of regret I feel for leaving you, and I know that nothing I can say can make up for a lifetime away from you but I need to warn you.
Romulus is coming.
Logan.'
James' eyes widened to the size of plates at the signature, looking back inside the box he saw the contents for the first time. Reaching inside he pulled out a shoto with a red sheathe, it was a smaller version of a katanna that was about the size of bowie knife. Grabbing the handle he pulled out the blade, the steel was the crimson color of red and looked sharp as his own claws.
"What. The. Fuck?"
AN: And Finally, the first story is finished!
Now for the bad news. The sequel for this won't be coming out anytime soon, honestly there's a fair chance season 3 will come out before it does. Considering I need to plan out what happens in the span of five years I think I have my work cut out for me, thankfully there are official dates for big events, like when Robin became nightwing, when Jason Todd joined and died, etc.
But for the last time, there are NO OTHER MARVEL CHARACTERS OUTSIDE THE X-MEN THAT WILL APPEAR IN THIS. And what I mean by that is there is no professor x, no X-Men, no Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast, Rouge, Kitty Pryde, Jubilee, OR ANYONE like that going to suddenly appear in this story without explination.
This is a wolverine focused story. Ok?
Alright now just because the sequel to this wont be out for a while (seriously I doubt it will even come out this year even with the ideas I already have in mind) I will still be making other stories if you guys are interested.
First off my newest story, Spider-Man Volume 1 (Spider-Man/RWBY) is my other main focus and I'm really excited to work on that over the summer.
And with this one done I'm actually toiling with the idea of another story…..and more shockingly a story that isn't a crossover…with possibly the most divided fanbase that a anime can have…..it's Sword Art Online.
And ok before people tell me 'for the love of god don't do it!' (which I've told myself many times) my reasoning is this: If you think the show is bad (and I'm speaking as a fan and I know it's bad) then I can only improve on it. I mean what gave me this idea is a fucking mobile game for it that doesn't even fallow the main character.
Ok aside from that rant, I got to say something.
I started this story with a lot of energy and enjoyment but lately….it's felt more like a chore to be honest. Now I don't want to abandon this story, I truly love the concept I came up with for this and I WANT to do more. But the problem is….you know how you like a food like pizza, and you want to have it every day? But after a while you start to get sick of it?
That's kind of how this story feels. BUT! I think if I take a bit of time away from this, rewatch some Young Justice without having to pause every ten seconds to type the lines directly from the show, I'll get my groove back.
So until then everyone I hope you enjoy your summer (I know I am, passed trigonometry) and I'll see you all around!
