Of Ice and Men (Young Justice. Icicle Junior SI.)

[Shinichi07]

I know he's not just some playboy but my memories have been muddled since the stabbing. He looks a lot like Superboy does actually... is Bruce Wayne Superman?

Comparing the man against the many videos of Superman I've seen over my life, I start to find a shocking amount of similarities. Oh!

"Do I have something on my face?" Smirks the billionaire playfully as he pretends to wipe at the corner of his lip.

"Sorry Mister Wayne, you just reminded me of someone else." Shaking off the revelation, I ask for his request.

He hands me a newspaper headline from a few years ago and I realize what he wants. Superman and Batman both have a huge hand in shaping Dick Grayson's growth. Now I know why the alien had any involvement with him.

Superman adopted the boy just like the Waynes did to him. And Batman trained him as Gotham's protector, being better able to relate to the human abilities of his friend's son.

I use greater care on this piece than anything I've ever done before. And when I finish, the Flying Graysons are standing side by side with the late Waynes. Benefit of the family donating so much money. I had days to stare at their picture while I was recovering.

"I hope you don't mind Sir. But I wanted to take some artistic liberties with this one." I pretend not to notice the momentary shimmer in the man's eyes.

"I heard you're trying to get accepted by an art school?" Bruce smiles at me with one more genuine than the mask I saw him show the other billionaires. "Just tell me which one and I'll make sure they actually look at the application."

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I'd make a joke about Glenn being so close but so far away but it's canonically shown multiple times that Clark and Bruce look eerily alike and have impersonated each other both in and out of costume several times so with half remembered info his thoughts make plenty of sense.

Plus I've got to give Glenn extra points to doing something artistic that involved the Waynes and the graysons that just bought him a lot of brownie points.

 

[Flightless Man]

Lol, how do you forget the simple fact that Bruce Wayne is Batman?

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He knew up until a few weeks ago. Something is going on with his and Cameron's memories. He really does have shit luck, everything seems to go wrong.

I'd make a joke about Glenn being so close but so far away but it's canonically shown multiple times that Clark and Bruce look eerily alike and have impersonated each other both in and out of costume several times so with half remembered info his thoughts make plenty of sense.

Plus I've got to give Glenn extra points to doing something artistic that involved the Waynes and the graysons that just bought him a lot of brownie points.

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That's the exact reason I wanted to do this. I could have just had the SI make a joke about it, but I really like exploring the mixed up memories and the cause.

Thanks, I thought it was something even Robin would have to start thinknig favourably about him over.

 

[Jkript]

Does this mean that in an alternate timeline the mc became a comission artist to pay for his education and living.

Like he gets a request to do furry porn ice scuptures for like 30k a piece.

Furries have for some reason lots of money

 

[Flightless Man]

Chapter 13: If Rime Being Honest
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Arkham Asylum, Gotham City
August 28, 1:54 AM EDT​

Waiting for my visitors in the room bare aside from the table and chairs fastened to the floor, leaves me with nothing but my thoughts to keep me busy. The last few days have left me with only one logical conclusion of what exactly is wrong with my memories.

Psimon did something to me back in March and it was on Fath... Icicle Senior's orders. I was supposed to replace Cameron with a more malleable model. But the memories most important to him, they just refused to vanish.

Each time I go to sleep, a new one makes room for itself. Replacing my more mundane memories one at a time, at least until I spent four days drugged out. Now it feels like I'm not entirely myself anymore. I'm more like some kind of merger with whatever dregs of Cameron was left lurking in our brain.

Senior is the reason this all happened and Psimon is the tool he used. The reason the Shadows have me on a leash.

I want an easy life, that's true. But I can't have that, not until I get our payback on the both of them.

Once I make it clear how deadly serious I am about walking away... Hopefully the Shadows don't call my bluff.

The door screeches open and three familiar teens enter the room. With two of them from Gotham, it only makes me more sure that Superboy is living with his daughter. And since I know Barbara Gordon is Batgirl, her father must be Batman.

I know this was information I had only a few weeks ago. But Cameron seems to have decided that his Father's abuse was more important.

Batman was active a little bit longer than Superman, so I guess that's why the alien operates in Metropolis instead. Batman is kind of territorial.

"What brings the three of you here?" Crossing my arms with false confidence, I throw both legs onto the table. "Couldn't get enough of my charming personality?"

Robin frowns at something I said and mutters something under his breath. But Artemis and Superboy waste no time in taking a seat of their own.

"What did you mean about letting my cousin arrest you?" Out of his street clothes from last time, Superboy is looks far more familiar with his jacket. "Superman said he's never met you before?"

Glad he decided to go with that look for his costume. The biker look was always my favourite thing with an S on it.

"Not him." The denial confuses all of them, even Robin who is still lurking a few feet away from his chair. Though I could have sworn I heard all three squeak. "I meant the blonde girl. But I'm pretty sure the name Cassie was a fake one."

They ask a few more pointed questions. When I quickly run out of anything useful, I take a moment to check out Artemis' new look.

Black, purple, and white, all goes together incredibly well in her armoured attire. I am kind of shocked at how little skin on display though. Paula always told us to use our bodies as a weapon.

Catching my gaze, She immediately defends her choice in clothing. "Blue Beetle is mentoring me now. They don't really have much to teach me combat wise and he insisted my costume can at least slow down a bullet."

"How well do you two know each other?" Interrupts a smirking Robin.

"I already told you no unplanned question!" Artemis hisses in frustration. "Let me handle this."

While the two squabble, I give Superboy a look of amusement. "How are things going? Bad guys giving you a hard time?"

He has a lifetime of implanted memories. If anyone could understand my situation, it's him.

"They actually stick around and put up a fight." He snorts back, making it seem like he doesn't hold a grudge. "Well except for Gizmo, that kid ran as soon as I tore the legs of his robo-spider." Frowning at the bandages wrapped around my torso, he gives me a look of genuine concern. "What about you?"

"No one really wants to mess with me after Zsasz." I'm always going to be a killer. "No one tries to crowd me anymore at lunchtime. It's nice to always get a butterscotch pudding." I swear a girl laughs at that and yet Artemis' mouth was busy snarking with Robin.

That's not something I can ever melt away like I did with the trash. But I can make sure I never hurt someone innocent ever again. And I can make sure all my bad luck crashes down on the truly vile ones behind everything.

"Enough!" My friend has had enough of the back and forth with the Boy Wonder. "We came here for another reason and visiting hours are almost over."

All three exchange looks, with none wanting to start the questioning. "... What's up?"

"You said my sister knew more than you did." My blood practically freezes in the veins and I feel lightheaded. "What did you mean? What's going on with the Shadows?" I'm a dead man.

"You willing to put me into witness protection for the rest of my life?" Because that's the only way you survive betraying Ra's. "Maybe somewhere like Mars would be safe enough."

"You do know Batman blocks all the recording devices anytime we talk to a patient?" Realizing what my eyes are darting around the room for, Robin is clearly trying to hold back a giggle. "It's the only way anyone would ever agree to talk to us."

Taking a moment for my heart rate to slow down, I swallow the thick lump of fear choking me. "So no one is going to know what we say in here?"

"Exactly." He is far too smug for a kid that short.

"Why do you want into Belle Reve so badly?" Artemis cuts to the chase and scowls at me.

Do I honestly think I can do everything by myself? "Do you think it would help my appeal, if I stop a prison break all by myself?"

"And I'm betting it's set for shortly after you and Freeze get transferred." Chimes in Robin with eyes eager for a mystery.

"I think I've managed to talk Viktor out of pleading his case." Nora isn't going to get any treatment while he's at Belle Reve and that was really all it took once I delivered the special ice he needed. More than enough to last him the whole decade.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Turning up the heat on her frustration, Artemis' scowl morphs into a full blown snarl. "This kind of stuff is going to get you killed!"

If Red Arrow was here I'd clam up and say something rude. But I have no reason to screw with people who actually seem to be worried about me.

"Dad's not really giving me a choice. He hired some freak to mess with my head and it took all my willpower to stick with just graffiti." Her eyes soften and it almost looks like she has to hold herself back from grabbing my hand.

"Is that why you freaked out so much at the sight of M'gann?" Superboy whispers.

I've always been unnerved by the idea of my memories being messed with but I really have to admit that was an overreaction. "Yeah. Please apologize to her for me, I just snapped as soon as she got too close."

It was like a self defense mechanism going haywire. Every single one of my senses was screaming danger!

"I'm lazy, I admit it." That just gets another snort from Artemis. "But I don't want to hurt people anymore. I just want to make the most money for the least effort."

"Is that how you talked yourself back into crime?" Robin is frowning in confusion at my apparent flip flop.

"It's how I realized crime will always leave me in the red." It's not exactly easy to go out for a fancy dinner when the whole city is looking for you. "And everything just sort of clicked, when I walked past a gallery on my way to the bridge."




Notes: I have to be really quite while my fiance recovers, so here you all go. A bonus chapter since my Xbox makes too much noise.​

 

[NaNaNama]

"No one really wants to mess with me after Zsasz." I'm always going to be a killer. "No one tries to crowd me anymore at lunchtime. It's nice to always get a butterscotch pudding." I swear a girl laughs at that and yet Artemis' mouth was busy snarking with Robin.
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A girl laughing when Artemis is silent? Is that an invisible m'gann?

Also nice costume upgrade, exposed stomach while not having super durability is really dangerous.

 

[Akatsunami]

Catching my gaze, She immediately defends her choice in clothing. "Blue Beetle is mentoring me now. They don't really have much to teach me combat wise and he insisted my costume can at least slow down a bullet."

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Artemis as next Blue beetle would be FUN see, imagine someone actually trained to be lethal with that scarab goodness.

 

[Flightless Man]

A girl laughing when Artemis is silent? Is that an invisible m'gann?

Also nice costume upgrade, exposed stomach while not having super durability is really dangerous.

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A possibility, but not the only person from season 1 who can go invisible.

Unless you go the Cheshire route and actually use the looks as a weapon, it's completely stupid. Artemis isn't trying to seduce people, she's showing off her abs from vanity.

Artemis as next Blue beetle would be FUN see, imagine someone actually trained to be lethal with that scarab goodness.

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Since it's a training team, the League thought it was better if she got a mentor who could train her in noncombat skills instead of hyper specializing her into a weapon. Would be ironic if she ended up with one of the galaxies most powerful.

 

[ThedudeManBro]

Once I make it clear how deadly serious I am about walking away... Hopefully the Shadows don't call my bluff.

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Hey, if you volunteer to restore the ice caps, Ras will be all for letting you go.

He's an Eco-terrorist, not a Monster!

Also IceCam is mixing up settings. The dad and daughter duo is in Kick-Ass not Batman.

 

[NightmareWarden]

Hey, if you volunteer to restore the ice caps, Ras will be all for letting you go.

He's an Eco-terrorist, not a Monster!

Also IceCam is mixing up settings. The dad and daughter duo is in Kick-Ass not Batman.

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Brain made a Venom variant for animals. Maybe we could stick some of that in a penguin, dose it with some magic, and turn Antarctica into another Gorilla City! Sub-Zero becomes a hero to penguin-kind (not Cobblepot), the ocean around Antarctica begins to bloom with new life, and everybody lives happily ever after.

 

[Flightless Man]

Hey, if you volunteer to restore the ice caps, Ras will be all for letting you go.

He's an Eco-terrorist, not a Monster!

Also IceCam is mixing up settings. The dad and daughter duo is in Kick-Ass not Batman.

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That is actually a good point. Ra's wants to wipe out 90% of humanity and start over, fresh ice caps would really be in his favour.


He did, but it's his confirmation bias running wild now.

the ocean around Antarctica begins to bloom with new life, and everybody lives happily ever after.

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Well, in Season 4 Nanue is ready to attack humans for the loss of antarctic krill. I could basically be the reason the shark people have a constant food supply with very little effort.

 

[ThedudeManBro]

Brain made a Venom variant for animals. Maybe we could stick some of that in a penguin, dose it with some magic, and turn Antarctica into another Gorilla City! Sub-Zero becomes a hero to penguin-kind (not Cobblepot), the ocean around Antarctica begins to bloom with new life, and everybody lives happily ever after.

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Atleast until the Penguin Nation attacks.

 

[NightmareWarden]

Atleast until the Penguin Nation attacks.

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If this was an Evangelion crossover, I could speculate that PenPen will cause Second Impact due to Cameron's meddling.

My brain is an odd place…

 

[ThedudeManBro]

If this was an Evangelion crossover, I could speculate that PenPen will cause Second Impact due to Cameron's meddling.

My brain is an odd place…

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Agree to disagree.

I for one believe it is a blessed place, with our Lord and Master PenPen ruling high upon his Frozen Throne inside it.

 

[Flightless Man]

Interlude 6: Secrets Will Haunt You
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Star City, California
August 30, 3:56 PM PDT​

"Kaldur and the girls not back from Atlantis yet?" Calls out Artemis as she joins the others at the bowling alley that barely resembles one anymore.

Growling out a no, Robin's annoyance is on prominent display as he scrolls through the biggest stories. "Going to be a peace conference in Rhealasia next week. Someone called Icon and his partner Rocket are providing security."

Wally zips over to the screen and lets out a wolf whistle. "I think I'm in love."

"Did you show him another mirror?" Realizing that she's going to be stuck with the boys for who knows how long, Artemis can only roll her eyes at the speedster's antics.

"Are you really fine with letting the League take over the case?" Ignoring the taunt, Wally turns to his fellow redhead with a worried expression.

Roy isn't happy about it at all. But Batman was very clear back at the station. 'Either lead the others or leave them. But theirs no room for a loose cannon on a training team.'

"Has Secret reported in yet?" He ignores the question, more concerned with spectral Greta's mission to watch Cameron. "Has he done anything to slip up yet?"

"I really don't think he's playing us Roy." Challenges Robin with a firmly set jaw. "Believe me on this. I spend a lot of time with the crazies in Gotham and Sub-Zero just doesn't have the same eyes."

Even after counting down from ten, Roy just can't seem to get rid of his anger. "... Maybe you should take point on this one."

"Are you serious?" Robin trades worried looks with both his best friend and Huntress. "But you haven't let anyone else lead a mission before."

"I'm obviously too close to this one and if I ever want to get an invite to the League," Coughing awkwardly, Roy lets slip the direction his talks with Guardian have been going. "I need to be able to follow protocol and listen to Batman."

"But mostly the second part, right?" Robin chirps out with a knowing wink, forced to duck away from a playful swat in response.

Frowning at the youngest among them, Kirk hesitantly brings up his own hopes. "Have you gotten any closer to finding Cassie and Helena?"

"Good news or bad news first?" Sighs the thirteen year old hero, tapping a few quick commands into his keyboard.

"The good news I guess." Shrugs the blonde clone.

"I don't have any." Robin smirks back and waits for Kirk to speak again.

"The bad news?"

Shaking his head casually, Robin just confuses Superboy with his response. "None of that either."

"Do you actually know anything?" Fed up with the back and forth, Artemis cuts right to the chase with a frustrated hiss.

"... Spoilsport." Robin grumbles petulantly and turns the monitor around for everyone to see it. "Helena Sandsmark hasn't been in one place for longer than six months. Not since Cassie was born at least."

A few more taps and the pictures of mother and daughter are replaced by some very bare personal documents. "But the funny thing about that, Cassie doesn't seem to have any official birth records. Or anything aside from a very falsified passport it would seem."

"Do you know where they are right now?" Kirk nearly falls off the counter as he leans forward eagerly. "Are they close?"

Sorry to disappoint, Robin is forced to shake his head in the negative. "They arrived in Cairo last Tuesday and have an expedition planned in Bialya until the end of October."

"And we can't operate outside America..." Sags Superboy at the news.

"Not officially anyway." Wally gets an idea that he knows will get them all in trouble. "I have enough money to get us all a flight. We'd just have to travel undercover the entire time."

"You'd do that for me?" Still not expecting such kindness after a lifetime of very angry implanted memories, Kirk can only blink in disbelief.

As one of the only ones to be raised with a healthy family, Wally doesn't even seem to notice the hesitation. "What's family for dude?"

"I'm starting to find out." Superboy allows a smile to nearly split his face in half.

"Don't let him borrow any of your stuff," Warns a smirking Artemis. "Older siblings will never give it back."

"Hey!" Whines the Sega branded speedster.

Robin just raises an eyebrow and chuckles. "How many of my games do you keep 'forgetting' to bring back?"

"And I seem to recall lending you my favorite sunglasses." Roy joins in on the teasing, for once not overtaken by frustration. "Do you ever plan on giving those back?"

"Thanks by the way. For helping my mom find a better neighborhood and the whole not freaking out about my family." She whispers to Robin once Roy and Wally start wrestling. "It's nice not having to play guess the stain while I wait for the elevator."

"Red Arrow and Guardian are related." Snorts Robin as if that explains everything. "They really don't have much in common except terrible taste in haircuts."

"Jade and I don't even share that." It's hard for Artemis to talk about it so openly and it takes all of her willpower to open up to the younger boy. "She probably would have shaved me in my sleep if we did."

But I have no reason to try hiding anything now. Red Arrow told them all who I was, back before I even showed up the first day for my tour of the place. Cam made it way too easy when he used my mother's old alias.

Though I have to give Wally and Zatanna credit, they made things a lot less awkward by sharing their own identities. He might act like a moron. But it's mostly just him not taking time to think through how his words sound out loud.

Artemis has to hold in a laugh when Robin starts to complain about how hard it is to spend time alone with Zatanna. Her and M'gann had revealed the one condition for them being allowed to join Young Justice. Can't believe Giovanni is so old fashioned.

And once Kirk and Kaldur started training shirtless, I was more than glad to have accepted the invitation. Even if I had to write that damned apology first.

"Did Guardian give us the day off and just forget to let anyone know?" Glancing at the clock and frowning at the time, Artemis brings attention to the absence of their chaperone. "Because he's never been late before before."

"Let's see..." A blue blur rushes toward the adult heroes desk and begins ruffling through drawers. "Old sandwich, bunch of math, and a jar full of gummy worms! He's been holding out on me this whole time."

"Anything useful?" Growls Guardian's nephew as worry starts to sour his mood.

The tone just gets Sonic to roll his eyes and grab a note taped to the keyboard. "He left us a note. Says we have until five find all hundred dummies hidden within an eight block radius."

"And what time is it now?" Robin's already in mission mode and plotting out the most optimal route for everyone.

"Quarter past four." Calls out Roy, already dashing towards his gear with a determined grimace on his face. "Now get your asses in gear!"​

 

[Akatsunami]

"He left us a note. Says we have until five find all hundred dummies hidden within an eight block radius."

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Ok, so Roy, Dick and Wally, those are the three Dummies we know of already, only 97 to go.

 

[Flightless Man]

Snippy snip.

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This is comedy gold.

 

[Flightless Man]

Chapter 14: How Rudolf You To Say That
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Arkham Asylum, Gotham City
September 3, 11:14 AM EDT​

Screams startle me out of my routine and I end up sprawled on the frost covered floor. "Who do you think it is this time?" Two-Face was only a few days ago and I'm a little stumped at who could be trying to piggyback off his escape.

"Pamela has been working her magic on Doctor Quinzel." Viktor shows how much he's been warming up to me and actually indulges my idle curiosity. "I believe it's her turn to make a dramatic exit."

The snickering that's followed me for a while makes itself known once more and my eyes frantically scan the room. "You have to have heard that!"

"I've already told you that Arkham isn't haunted. Ghosts aren't real Glenn." He uses the name I've asked him to. I hope it will start reinforcing who I really am, hearing my own name out loud and everything.

"So why are your notes always organized when we wake up now?" I'm too lazy to care.

"Because I am an ardent professional." His disbelief is frustrating but I haven't found anything to make him budge even a centimetre.

It's not just laughter this time that greets his comment. "Professional grumpy pants you mean." But nowhere I look reveals the location of the young girls voice.

"Can't believe I'm actually going to miss this place." Even the ghost isn't that bad. "Are you sure the supply I made will last you?" I'm not going to be allowed to use my powers once I get transferred to Belle Reve.

"Longer than my lifetime, which I can never repay you for." Assures the brilliant man I'm starting to think of more like an uncle. "If you ever need anything my boy, I won't hesitate to come to your aid."

No one has been so forthright with such words and I can feel my lip begin to quiver. "You gave me what I wanted." Attention. "So know the feeling is mutual."

"I thought you two were supposed to be bad guys?" The girl's voice chimes in with a snort. "Not the Babysitters Club."

"You're sure this is what you need to do?" Viktor frowns at the plan I've put forward the last few weeks.

It's not the smartest thing I could do, I know that. "I don't need to. Probably a lot of safer ways I could handle everything." Until it all somehow went tits up on me again. "But I want to do this."

"Good timing on your emancipation case." He graces me with a rare half smile and points at the newest addition taped above my bunk. "Because I'd say you've become a man this summer."

"I am getting pretty cut." It's hard to take such a genuine compliment and I deflect with another terrible joke. "Think the girls will stop giving me looks of disgust?"

Rolling his eyes as he returns to his work, Viktor misses the ghost's mocking response. "You aren't trying to get Red Arrow to notice you? Because that's what the kids in the hall are all saying."

"Hey, can I have one of those scalpels?" As part of his plea deal, Viktor has an admittedly wide array of plastic tools to work with.

"The reason?" He's not saying no, even though it's one his only sharp implements.

"Since the numbness seems to just be a part of my biology..." I lift my shirt and the stitches I've stopped from completely healing by picking at them. "I'm not getting shanked the day I arrive."

His eyes widen in understanding and he hands me the tool without any further questions. "Figure it's better if I'm the one doing the stabbing this time."

"And since these aren't dense enough to show up in a superficial scan..." Viktor grimaces as I very carefully widen my wound. "You can sneak it into Belle Reve."

As long as I don't get jostled around too much before I get thrown in my cell, I should be able to get the scalpel back out in time. Just need to keep it from sealing up for a few more days.


Arkham Asylum, Gotham City
September 8, 10:00 AM EDT​

"Up and at 'em Zero." The one in charge of my escort swings the door open with a cocky swagger. "The cushy treatment is over now that you've been declared legally sane." The button to my collar is held in his very eager hand.

I want to say something and have to bite down hard on my tongue. "Too bad you only have the walk down to the courtyard to get your licks in." The still unseen voice however is not so restricted.

"You trying to mock me boy?" He does have a rather high voice. "Really not smart when we have five whole flights of stairs to walk you down." But I'm not dumb enough to antagonize someone with a thumb on the button.

"It's the ghost Sir." My dry response only gets him to push down with frustration and it sends me to my knees.

Watching me gasp for breath, he just snorts at my weakness. "Not going to miss your lip. Think you're something special with Cobblepot's team... getting to use your powers and still make money behind bars."

"Enough." Viktor warns the vicious guard and that's enough to give me some breathing room. "You do know the cameras in my room are run off a separate power grid?"

Apparently the new guard wasn't aware of this fact and he nearly drops the switch in shock. "You'd better use your time wisely and get those stories straight. Cameron here has been bringing the hospital quite a lot of money the last month." That gets a couple more worried grunts. "Far more than they spend on those very meagre salaries."

"Point taken," Growls the now panicking escort, while his two fellows help me back to my feet gingerly.

"So I'm not going to fall down the stairs?"

"Not anymore." Admits the chunkiest of the three with a very guilty voice.

The halls we pass have already been repainted and even that little bit helps. The mint green makes it feel almost like a real hospital. Now if they could just do something about the rampant corruption and ineptitude here.

When we get to the courtyard and the waiting armoured truck, I frown at the mass of goo in a vaguely human shape. Clayface is getting transferred with me?

Instead of a collar around his net, it's an entire mesh net keeping him contained. Small sparks of electricity flash whenever his clay touches the wires.

"You made me wait out in the hot sun for this chump?" Brags one of Batman's most dangerous foes. Though I think this is his first stay at Arkham, none of Cameron's memories include this guy.

After Zsasz, I'm not going to let another inmate push me around. "Clay has a crap ton of moisture in it, right?" My voice is as emotionless as I can manage as I stare down the 'man' I'm going on a road trip with. "Wonder what would happen if it all froze."

"How about we don't find out," Pleads a suddenly very meek sounding Clayface. "That sounds like it would hurt like hell."

"Just remember that I get the top bunk and everything should be fine between the two of us." I reach over and pat his shoulder, ignoring the very minor pair that crackles against my flesh. Minor compared to the full blast of the collar.

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[Jkript]

Inserting a scapel into your own wounds after they almost healed is a good way to get infected or cause worse damage

 

[Flightless Man]

Inserting a scapel into your own wounds after they almost healed is a good way to get infected or cause worse damage

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It's a good thing his room is a refridgerator. Otherwise I would have had it play out that way.

 

[Akatsunami]

Inserting a scapel into your own wounds after they almost healed is a good way to

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As he is able to freeze whatever is on the scalpel a few hundred degrees below very dead, I wouldn't be that worried about it. Guy is a pretty good sanitizing machine all on his lonesome.

 

[TheToFu]

new find and has my attention, cant wait for cool new ice powers usage.

 

[ThedudeManBro]

new find and has my attention, cant wait for cool new ice powers usage.

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He already made ice statues and special Nora Ice what's cooler than that?

 

[Flightless Man]

As he is able to freeze whatever is on the scalpel a few hundred degrees below very dead, I wouldn't be that worried about it. Guy is a pretty good sanitizing machine all on his lonesome.

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It also helps that his body runs pretty cold.

new find and has my attention, cant wait for cool new ice powers usage.

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Awesome, I'm always happy to have someone new on the ride.

He already made ice statues and special Nora Ice what's cooler than that?

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Becoming a Zamboni.

 

[Flightless Man]

Interlude 7: Observe And Report
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Arkham Asylum, Gotham City
September 3, 12:06 PM EDT​

As soon as the doors of the transport truck swing shut, the spirit of Greta Hayes steps through the metal with a final giggle directed at her target. For anyone with either the ability to see ghosts or her permission, she looks like an ordinary twelve year old girl.

Straight blonde hair and bright blue eyes that reflect firelight wave to the waiting Red Arrow, as Secret reports in on her successful observation. The offer to join the team and have friends, was just too enticing.

How could I say no to my very own recruitment test? It's like joining a club at school and I was never allowed to go with Billy. Pa just said I didn't need to be smart to cook and clean.

"What is he hiding?" Roy grunts the moment Greta steps through the door of the rented van and pretends to sit down. "Who is the first target?"

"Didn't you miss me?" She hangs her head and sighs. "I thought you said everyone in Young Justice was friends."

Holding back a frustrated hiss, Roy forces a smile onto his face. "I'm sorry Greta, that was very rude of me."

"It's okay," Forgiving him at once, the spirit of Greta reveals a teasing smirk. "I know you just think about him all the time. It's sweet how much you care about Glenn."

Sputtering denials as he follows the officers at a safe distance, Roy eventually realizes she's only playing around. "Ha ha. Very funny Greta."

"I thought so. But Glenn didn't really seem to like my jokes very much, he never laughed at any of them." She shares the information most important, first. "He's really not as exciting as I was hoping. So much moping for a killer..." Shaking her head along to the radio, Greta barely finishes the sentence. "He's nothing at all like Billy."

Silence greets her comment as Roy processes the strangeness. "Wait a second. Who's Glenn?"

"He told the bald guy he doesn't want to be called Cameron anymore." She tries to recall the exact words and even Red Arrow is forced to admit she looks adorable with her face all scrunched up like that. "He said that's the name his pa gave him and he wants nothing from him anymore. A new name, for a new start."

"Did he at least brag about Zsasz?" Roy nearly whines. Just glad the rest of the team is in class today and is missing the pitiful scene. "... Or seem proud about any of his crimes?"

Greta considers it for an entire song and Roy almost repeats himself before he finally gets an answer. "He did say he needs to make things square with somebody named Tommy."

"I knew it!" Crows the archer in his flower delivery disguise, wincing as shorts ride up again. "He's just doing all of this to put a crew of the worst together. He let the Terror get arrested, so he could lay the groundwork."

"Change it please." Greta interrupts the discussion to glare at the radio. "This has to be the worst thing I've ever heard. And I heard myself die."

Rolling his eyes at the girl's rather short attention span, Roy does flip it off the top forty. "Stay focused please."

"... I'll try." Greta promises with a faint blush somehow appearing, despite her lack of blood. "But I've never left the yard before. This is all just so exciting."

"But we found your marker in the yar-" Realizing how harsh his words sound, Roy forces his mouth shut.

Even though she tries to act carefree, the look in her eyes rocks the red head right to the core. "I know."

"I'm sorry I had to ask you to go to such a scary place." Roy ignores the burning in his eyes and keeps them locked ahead on the road. "But you more than earned a place on the Team. Secret."

"I get a code name too?" She lets out a gleeful squeal that manages to draw the barest hint of a smile out of Roy. "Thank you so much!"

"Pay me back by never mentioning the tears."

After a few more hardcore rap songs that Red Arrow is astounded to discover the sheltered spirit loves, Greta finally notices all the flowers in the back. "Why are we hiding from the police? Shouldn't we let them know we're here to help?"

"Batman said the League was going to handle this." Admitting that makes Roy nearly rip the grip of the steering wheel when he clenches his fists in anger. "But he's my villain, not the League's. I'm making sure he actually goes to Belle Reve."

Hearing that makes her turn an adoring gaze towards such a responsible young man. "Green Arrow must be so proud of you. You care so much about doing the right thing." Why couldn't Billy be more like you.

"I wish." Roy only grunts back and ends the discussion. "This is it!"

The armoured truck gets boxed in by a trio of semis and Roy uses one hand to reach for his bow. "Any second now and they're going to try busting him out."

"No look. They're giving the police room now." Greta points to the growing space between the vehicles.

Swearing he's going to die of a stress induced ulcer, Roy nearly reacts to nine more incidents over the trip. A car accident that stalled us for half an hour, the flooded road we had to take the long way around, and even the flat tire all turned out to be completely innocent.



Belle Reve, Louisiana
September 3, 4:28 PM CDT​

"Just play it cool when he gets here and I'm sure the boss will have some ideas for you too." Tommy Terror extols the benefits of working with Sub-Zero. "He gave me and Tuppence all the cash he took. Only kept enough for gas and the motel rooms."

"And you say this sister is working for the Penguin now?" One of Gotham's more mentally stable criminals, Kiteman, asks with a heavy frown.

"As his bodyguard. Just like the boss told her." Tommy brags about the five figures his sister makes each month and all the morons she gets to hit.

As the others consider the idea of making money they can actually keep one day, Ratcatcher makes eye contact with Central Cities Weather Wizard. "You buying this nonsense?"

"We all heard about the deal with Midway..." Conflicted with the idea of taking orders from a teen, the weather manipulator would like to have nice things for longer than it takes the Flash to find him. "And it seems we have proof Icicle's kid offers better benefits."

"It's an interesting idea I must admit." The enigmatic Shade offers his own opinion. "He does like to share the good fortune. He made sure to let the crews in Vegas know when he was making his move."

"And what if Senior gets mad?" Whimpers the jittery Cheapjack.

Tommy hears that and snorts derisively at the lack of faith. "Boss will do worse than what he did to Zsasz." The absolute belief is enough to sway the last few fence sitters. "Tuppence said he's on his way to get me out of here. I'll just ask him if you can come with us."​

 

[Visual Pun]

Well, it's like they say…

A little bit of knowledge is dangerous .

 

[Laxard]

So many characters I never heard about, lol. And Tommy is suprisingly good PR manager.
"Coldfeet" risk to end up ruling his own villian nation if this will continue

 

[Vanbers]

Also it makes more sense that Greta wouldn't care so much about almost murdering/beating Glenn (Or being the cause of such with her comments) if Roy's been comparing him and her brother. That's the one thing last chapter that was kinda off to me, since the guards were basically about to beat the shit out of him because of her. But with her seeming to not care at all, it made me like her less... but then it seems Roy is her go-to person on the team and everything made more sense, since Roy is absolutely the guy who would paint him as some kind of sadistic psycho that just wants to hurt people.

But then she was watching him the whole time, so you'd think she'd have at least a little regret about almost getting him tossed down a few flights of stairs. Like pranking him by being the ghost is one thing, but mouthing off to the guard and getting him blamed for it could have gotten him actually beat to shit.

Still really liking the story, though. Can't wait to see how he interacts with the Belle Reve guys. Particularly Kiteman and the Shade, those guys are great.

Also, huh, he totally could make a team with the lesser known 'joke' villains that actually makes cash.

So that's Glenn, Tommy, Tuppence, Kiteman, Ratcatcher, Weather Wizard, Shade, and Cheapjack it seems, potentially. Really, it's pretty much a meme in the making.

WHO WILL WIN:
A global conspiracy headed by an immortal ancient, a twelfth level intellect, a genius surgeon and gorilla, a Lord of Chaos that can rewrite reality on a whim, a noble of a globe-spanning undersea empire, and another ancient near-immortal who heads a global network of assassins and spies

or

Seven Stealy Bois (And token Girl)

 

[Flightless Man]

Well, it's like they say…

A little bit of knowledge is dangerous .

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Knowledge is power!

So many characters I never heard about, lol. And Tommy is suprisingly good PR manager.
"Coldfeet" risk to end up ruling his own villian nation if this will continue

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I figured it made more sense that the lesser known crooks wouldn't be invited to Senior's table and not really know about the break out plans. Tommy saw his chance and sort of became the muscle for the table.

Also it makes more sense that Greta wouldn't care so much about almost murdering/beating Glenn (Or being the cause of such with her comments) if Roy's been comparing him and her brother. That's the one thing last chapter that was kinda off to me, since the guards were basically about to beat the shit out of him because of her. But with her seeming to not care at all, it made me like her less... but then it seems Roy is her go-to person on the team and everything made more sense, since Roy is absolutely the guy who would paint him as some kind of sadistic psycho that just wants to hurt people.


But then she was watching him the whole time, so you'd think she'd have at least a little regret about almost getting him tossed down a few flights of stairs. Like pranking him by being the ghost is one thing, but mouthing off to the guard and getting him blamed for it could have gotten him actually beat to shit.

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I don't want to explicitly go into details and up the rating of the story. But the implication is that she grew up with her dad and Billy hitting her/each other so much, she just thinks it's part of normal interactions. Seeing the team train probably helped with that confusion.

Red Arrow definitly gave her a more sinister impression of Glenn and the scalpel talk made her stop doubting Roy (She told him during the ride, but I don't want to repeat it during the next interlude). The stairs part was already planned before she said anything, so she's only to blame for the few seconds of being shocked.

Still really liking the story, though. Can't wait to see how he interacts with the Belle Reve guys. Particularly Kiteman and the Shade, those guys are great.

Also, huh, he totally could make a team with the lesser known 'joke' villains that actually makes cash.

So that's Glenn, Tommy, Tuppence, Kiteman, Ratcatcher, Weather Wizard, Shade, and Cheapjack it seems, potentially. Really, it's pretty much a meme in the making.

WHO WILL WIN:
A global conspiracy headed by an immortal ancient, a twelfth level intellect, a genius surgeon and gorilla, a Lord of Chaos that can rewrite reality on a whim, a noble of a globe-spanning undersea empire, and another ancient near-immortal who heads a global network of assassins and spies

or

Seven Stealy Bois (And token Girl)

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I had to stop watching the Harley Quinn show because of how much I liked Kiteman. I didn't want to end up hating Harley and Ivy (So no one tell me if anything ruined the wedding. That's where the series ends in my head). I love the Shade (and many gold/silver age villains) and am glade YJ went with a combinition of the more eldritch version and the old guy with a staff.

Shade and Cheapjack are the only two I don't have more than one non crime idea for(not because they don't exist, but because it's a fair few to come up with the ideas for all at once).

He also kind of made Clayface his prison flunkie. And Toyman was present but he's too short and you couldn't see him. It was a lot harder to come up with plausible ways for him to interact with the female villains because of the segregation. So he really only has a chance to meet one before he gets thrown in the guy half.

Challengers of the Unknown and Superfriends are my two favourite DC team names.

 

[Vanbers]

I don't want to explicitly go into details and up the rating of the story. But the implication is that she grew up with her dad and Billy hitting her/each other so much, she just thinks it's part of normal interactions. Seeing the team train probably helped with that confusion.

Red Arrow definitly gave her a more sinister impression of Glenn and the scalpel talk made her stop doubting Roy (She told him during the ride, but I don't want to repeat it during the next interlude). The stairs part was already planned before she said anything, so she's only to blame for the few seconds of being shocked.

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Yeah, that checks out. She's definitely kinda fucked up in her worldview, what with the whole... never experiencing the world, thing.

Really, she's kind of like Superboy in that regard, which is sad.

Challengers of the Unknown and Superfriends are my two favourite DC team names.

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Superfriends is a fantastic name, and I kinda hope he ends up using it for his team name.

And not just because I have mad nostalgia for Superfriends, from it being one of the first superhero things I saw, ever, in my life.

That MEANWHILE, AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE is stuck in my head forever, man.

 

[Flightless Man]

Yeah, that checks out. She's definitely kinda fucked up in her worldview, what with the whole... never experiencing the world, thing.

Really, she's kind of like Superboy in that regard, which is sad.



Superfriends is a fantastic name, and I kinda hope he ends up using it for his team name.

And not just because I have mad nostalgia for Superfriends, from it being one of the first superhero things I saw, ever, in my life.

That MEANWHILE, AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE is stuck in my head forever, man.

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I really wanted her and Roy to be able to teach other. He'll feel terrible for yelling at her and work on his temper, she get's a surrogate big brother. Seeing how he handled the whole Violet situation showed he does have really good mentorship skills.


It's the most likely one I use if a team does form around the SI. I grew up with those cartoon on repeat (well that, Hannah Barbara, or power rangers).