The Tale of Black Jaguar (Young Justice Fanfic)

I have... family?

I tried to hide my increasing uneasiness is I watched other animals begin to act strangely. They sense it too. We all do. Well, that is, except for the humans, who seem to just be continuing on normally. As a matter of fact, as I looked at the demeanor of the others with me, I could see none of them sensed it. I could tell the Martian could sense the animals and I's distress, but not what was causing it. This is probably because whatever's gonna happen, I can tell it'll be the animals who are affected. Even my for now dormant jaguar side can see this.

Megan looked a little overwhelmed with all of the emotions that probably radiated off the animals. I decided then to say something, so when the others got distracted looking at a giraffe enclosure, I stepped up to her and whispered, "you sense their unease, don't you Megan?"

She looked at me, startled at first that I knew to, then nodded and answered back quietly, "yes, do you know what's going on? I don't know what could make them all so nervous at the same time like this."

"a storm is coming, and they can feel it. I can feel it." I spoke cryptically.

"but what's gonna happen?" Megan whispered back, her face twisting in concern.

"I don't know, but we'll find out soon enough." as soon as I finished speaking the others walked up. They were discussing something while walking and I only caught the last of what kid flash had said since I just decided to tune in.

"-no animal expert, but that probably wasn't how a lion is supposed to act." he said with an annoyed and a little confused face.

"for once, the Baywatch Is right," Artemis teased, "I thought lions were big and ferocious and stuff. That one looked like a kitten about to be eaten by a dog. Or even Jaguar here when we first found her. " she drawled.

Wally nudged her and she quickly spoke again, "um... No offense, black jaguar."

"none taken." I forgave.

"anyways-" aqualad began, but was stopped but the sudden eruption of noises around the zoo. The roars, screeches, howls, and various other noises filled my ears as the strange sense I've been picking up exploded.

The team looked around in confusion and slight panic. "what's going on?! " kid flash exclaimed. but before I could even try to answer, a series of screams echoed from the direction of the lion enclosure. I whipped around to see a man, strangely dressed in a leopard pelt vest that reached halfway down his torso with a black fishnet shirt underneath. His pants were a dark tan that reached to his knees. He had short, black hair and a beard/mustache. The strangest thing about him was that he was riding a lion. In his hand he heals a strange, green flute-like object.

I looked around to see what was probably all of the people currently in the zoo, and surrounding them was all of the animals that were physically capable of being here surrounding us. The stage thing about them though was that they didn't really look... Real. It was as if their zombie selves were the ones standing here, almost as if against their will.

Or maybe that's just it.

the man let out a loud, boisterous laugh and loudly declared, "I am the charmer, and I now control all of the animals you see before you. With their help, I will take over the world and kill all of the humans so animal kind can prosper! No longer shall animals go extinct because of you! First, you die, then the world! Carnage shall splatter the streets as they get their revenge! And no one can stop me!"

Psh. What a nut.

"so, what's the plan aqualad?" Robin asked as all of the animals began to advance on the cowering crowds of people.

"Robin, miss Martian, I want you two to try and covertly get his flute. Something tells me it could be what makes him gain control of the animals. Artemis, superboy, kid flash and I are on civilian protection. Neutralize that animals, but don't hurt them, they are not in control of their actions. Move out." aqualad ordered, and they all split up to do their jobs, Robin and Megan sneaking through the crowds to get closer to the nut job.