Apart of the team Young Justice fanfiction

Schooled

Most of the team was gathered in the main hall of the cave not for mission briefing but for casual hanging out and just chilling. Kid Flash was currently playing Aqualad in a game of Hologram table hockey and eating a banana at the same time as Alex and Miss Martian watched.
"I play winner" Alex announced as Kid scored the winning goal against Aqualad who grimaced at his own defeat.
Just as this happened, Superboy walked through the teleporter and into the room, he wasn't exactly happy to say the least. The boy of steel walked right through the holographic hockey table causing it to vanish; he attempted to leave the room when a voice called out.
"Ready for training everyone?" Black Canary called out as Superboy turned to watch her enter the room from the far end and slowly make her way to the center of the holo-floor.
"Black Canary, Uncle J'ohn!" Miss Martian called out as her uncle entered the room alongside the bruising beauty.
Miss Martian ran up to her uncle and gave him a warm hug before pulling away and allowing him to put a hand on her shoulder. "M'gaan, I was in the neighborhood so I thought I'd see how you are adjusting"
"A few bumps but, I'm learning!" she said sounding excited.
"That's all I could ask for" he responded as Superboy sighed and turned to leave the room, Black Canary saw this and raised an eyebrow.
"Stick around, class is in session" Superboy turned around and crossed his arms in speculation.
"I consider it an honor to be your teacher, I'll throw a lot at you, everything I learned from my mentors" Canary slipped her jacket off revealing a bandaged arm causing her to cringe in pain "And from my own bruises"
"What happened?" Miss Martian asked with concern.
"The Job" Canary responded coldly. "Now, combat is about controlling conflict, putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting and never reacting" Canary smiled "I'll need a sparring partner"
Alex raised her hand. "Okay then, choose any alien you'd like" Canary responded.
"Alien? I think I'm good" Alex adopted a fighting stance causing Canary to go wide eyed along with everyone else in the room.
"Alex, she's almost as good as Batman, are you sure that's a good idea?" Kid asked to Alex who chuckled.
"What did you think I spent my whole time in the tower doing nothing, I continued practicing some fighting styles my cousin taught me?"
Canary smiled and adopted a fighting stance of her own.
Alex acted first sending a right hook to Canary who dodged and attempted to grab Alex by her arm, she did this inadvertently leaving her left side open, as she grabbed her arm, she swung her body to her right side and used her own momentum against her as she grabbed her by her left side and tripped her causing her to fall on her stomach.
Everyone in the entire room was absolutely stunned, Kid dropped his bananna.
"I do not believe it" Aqualad said with raised eyebrows.
"Wow, you're quick" Alex said putting a hand to her chest catching her breath, "I almost missed how you left your left side open but that was probably because of your injury."
Canary smiled and got to her feet "I'm impressed, I wasn't expecting so much from you" she adopted a fighting stance once again "Go again?"
"Uh sure, yeah" Alex said as she knew that Canary wouldn't let herself lose again.
Alex slid into a fighting stance as Canary immediately threw a kick that Alex easily blocked; she then ducked down and swung her feet under her causing her to fall on her back. "Did any one see what she did wrong?"
Robin raised his hand "Oh, leader got lucky and then got served."
Alex gave the boy wonder a glare and he just grinned at her, Alex blushed lightly and turned away from Robin
The team basically shrugged as one causing Canary to answer for them "she allowed me to dictate the terms of-" she was interrupted by Superboy scoffing loudly at her teachings. Canary looked over to him, "With my powers, the battle is always on my terms. I'm a living weapon and this is a waste of my time"
"Prove it" She said as he stepped onto the ring and got into a fighting stance as did Canary. Canary easily defeated him twice without a problem. Causing a loud muffled laugh from Robin. "That's it! I'm done!"
Canary put a hand on Superboy's shoulder "Training is mandatory"
They were interrupted as a large Holoscreen opened up behind them with Batman displayed across it. "Batman to cave" everyone heard this and gathered around the screen to hear what the cape crusader had to say.
"Five hours ago, a new menace attacked Black Canary and Green Arrow, the attacker was capable of studying then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents. Arrow called in reinforcements which nearly proved disastrous as it gained more power with every new combatant."
"Whoa, one guy with powers of the entire League?" Kid asked in amazement.
"In the end" Batman continued "It took eight leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android"
"An android? Who made it? Tio-Morrow?" Robin asked as Batman shook his head.
"Good guess, Robin but, no"
Superboy sighed at this and turned his head.
"The androids design shares the signature of Professor Ivo" Martian Manhunter explained.
Robin narrowed his eyes "I thought Ivo was dead"
"We all hoped he was" Canary said.
Batman spoke up "The androids parts are being sent to two separate STAR lab locations in Boston and Manhattan" a holoscreen map appeared in Batman's place "there will be four trucks, two being decoys, you will split into two teams to protect the two real trucks"
"Miss Martian, Kid Flash and Aqualad are on team one. Alex, Superboy, and Robin are on team two. We deploy in one hour. Batman out"
1 hour later
The entire team was lined up behind a few bushes on the side of a highway. The Justice League loaded the trucks and sent them on their ways as the team prepared to deploy.
"STAR Manhattan is a go"
"STAR Boston is a go"
They all had their own motorcycles that shared their respective color scheme.
The trip was long and boring as the team continued to tail their assigned truck and so they decided talking wouldn't hurt.
"Do you think Superboy's okay?" Miss Martian asked as Kid and Aqualad turned to respond to her. "I didn't read his mind I swear but, Anger poured off of him in waves"
"He kinda has daddy issues and trust me you don't wanna touch that with a ten foot-" Kid was interrupted by Aqualad.
"What he means to say is that Superboy needs to work through his relationship with Superman on his own and helping him will only seem like an insult in his eyes"
"Aqualad you're so wise, if Alex wasn't around I'm sure you would have been leader" Miss Martian said as Aqualad smiled.
"Alex is the obvious choice and not to mention she has wisdom that she fails to show"
"What do you mean?" Miss Martian asked.
"In Santa-Prisca, when it came down to it, she was the most prepared for singularities or things that can't be counted for, she is much more fit to lead than I and I respect her nearly as much as I respect my mentor"
...
Superboy, Robin and Alex were tailing their truck as Robin decided to make conversation to pass the time but, being a thirteen year old, it wasn't very relevant.
"So if arm is the opposite of disarm... is aster the opposite of dis-aster? You see instead of things going wrong, they go right"
Alex looked at him and raised an eyebrow while Superboy growled and revved his motorcycle and sped closer to the truck.
"Someone isn't feeling the aster" Robin commented causing Alex to smile.
Suddenly as the truck passed a massive cornfield, many black and green robotic monkeys sprung from the corn and launched themselves at the truck.
"Robin to team, we're under attack" Robin yelled into his com.
"Yeah, we know" Kid responded as his truck was also under attack.
Robin pressed a button on the handle bar of his motorcycle causing the motorcycle to transform and one of the wheels to become an independent helicopter shooting down monkeys. It was short lived as the monkeys quickly overwhelmed and brought to the ground.
"Ok, no" Alex put her bike on autopilot and flew up shooting mana blasts at the robot monkeys, she wrapped them in mana starting to crush them.
Superboy followed Alex lead and leaped off of his own motorcycle and onto the truck backhanding monkeys as he went. He grabbed one monkey by the head and was about to crush it in his hand before the monkey cackled and sent a green burst of energy into Superboy's eyes. Superboy screamed in pain as the monkeys grabbed him by the shoulders and dragged him into the air before dropping him on the street.
"How are we doing?" Robin asked as he kicked a monkey off the truck.
"Well our heaviest hitter just got blinded and tossed off the truck so, you tell me" Alex sent mana blasts at the monkeys one by one expertly, but this proved ineffective as she was soon overwhelmed too.
The monkeys that weren't fighting cut a hole in the top of the truck and pulled out the cargo before taking off into the distance.
Superboy jumped after them and into the corn fields. Alex pressed a finger to her ear, "Superboy, radio your position, let us help you!"
"Don't need help! Don't want any!" Superboy yelled before pulling the com out of his ear and tossing it to the ground.
"Superboy?" Robin asked getting silence.
"I think he ditched his com" Robin said.
"I'll go after him, track the coordinates through a monkey that's been destroyed"
"On it" Robin replied as he quickly grabbed a monkey that was discarded on the side of the road.
Alex took off with a gust of wind and soon after she had been air born she spotted Superboy jumping eighty feet into the air.
"The parts are converging on... Gotham City" Robin spoke through the radio.
"I can be there the fastest, Kid, Miss Martian meet us there" Alex ordered.
"Roger that" They said in unison.
After a few minutes of following the robots Alex and Superboy came across a train that was passing the area. They both landed on the roof of the train as Alex jumped inside landing in a dimly lit train car.
In the far end of the car sat a short man with red hair wearing a white button up shirt and a green vest.
"Oh hello" the man said.
"You're Professor Ivo? I'm whelmed" Superboy said
"A little on the short side aren't you?" Alex said crossing her arms.
"You're one to talk; the pint sized Super-brat seems a little smaller than the real thing, don't you think?" the professor quipped.
"Since when does the big blue boy scout have a kid?" Ivo asked putting a finger on his chin.
Superboy growled "He doesn't"
"If you say so, have you met my Mobile Optimal Neural Quotient Infiltrators?" As he finished his sentence the M.O.N.Q.I's leaped from their position next to Ivo and headed towards Superboy who destroyed them all quickly without even trying.
"And after all the work I had to go through to find a suitable acronym for M.O.N.Q.I"
"Access Captain Atom" a voice said from behind Ivo as a blast of yellow energy pelted Superboy in the chest sending him through the train car and into the one behind it.
Alex turned to see the attacker.
"Since Ivo's magnificent monqis don't float your boat, maybe my amazing Amazo will better suit you" Ivo stepped aside letting a seven foot tall shirtless android with pointed ears and green pants along with sinister red glowing eyes to walk forward.
Alex slammed the Ultimatrix revealing a small two foot tall with green skin and green eyes the size and shape of eggs. "Upchuck? Oops"
Superboy charged in from the last train car and slammed his fist against the androids face doing no visible damage.
Ivo chuckled "Oh please, my android has the strength of Superman, what chance do you two have?"
"I'll show you" Upchuck said before she opened her mouth and long tentacles sprung from her throat and wrapped themselves around a wooden crate laying on the ground next her. She pulled the crate into her mouth and swallowed it whole causing her stomach to glow bright green.
"Superboy duck!" Upchuck yelled as Superboy jumped out of the way slamming himself against the side of the train car as a green orb of energy spewed from Upchucks mouth and headed straight for the android. Unfortunately instead of breaking or at least damaging the android, Amazo stuck his hand out and caught the orb with one hand. Tossing it aside it looked over to its creator.
"Oh that is really bad"
"What's the plan fearless leader?!" Superboy yelled at Upchuck who gulped.
"That was the plan!"
Ivo laughed "You aren't really doing justice to the ol' S shield are you? Amazo destroy this Superman wanna-be and his groupie, priority alpha"
"Who you calling a groupie!" Upchuck yelled
"Access Superman" the android leaped forwards grabbing Upchuck and Superboy by the neck and slamming them into the back of the train car.
"Access Black Canary" without letting go of Upchuck who struggled to get out of the androids grip, Amazo's lower half performed a roundhouse kick that knocked Superboy through the wall and onto a platform behind them. The android nonchalantly tossed Upchuck out the hole that Superboy made.
"Access Captain Marvel" yellow lightning cackled around the androids fist as it connected with Superboy's chin sending him off the train and into a window of a nearby building.
Upchuck looked over to Amazo who turned his head to look at the alien, he then turned to Superboy and jumped off the train in pursuit of the half-kryptonian.
"Not worth your time eh? You are so going to regret that" Upchuck said fuming in annoyance
The android flew through the air using Superman's speed and flight and landed inside a classroom of some sort. It was now obvious that Superboy had landed in a school. Superboy came from behind grabbing the android in a choke hold with all his force but he still couldn't even bend the androids outer armor.
Amazo leaned forwards with super speed and strength flipping Superboy overhead and onto his back in front of the androids feet; "Access Flash" Amazo stepped on Superboy's chest multiple times with super speed before grabbing him by the neck and tossing him out the door and into the hallway.
Alex wrapped the android in mana not allowing him to move Amazo broke free "Access Superman" Amazo flew over to Alex slamming a fist into her stomach sending her flying into Superboy
"You okay" Superboy said helping her up Alex just nodded and slapped the dial on the Ultimatrix revealing a girl made of burning rock.
Heatblast looked to Superboy who rose an eyebrow "Heatblast and maybe he gets their weaknesses too, try making him go Martian Manhunter"
"Got it" Superboy acknowledged before cracking his knuckles and jumping at the android who was unfazed by the attacks. Superboy threw punch after punch before the android announced "Access Batman". Amazo grabbed Superboy's fist and judo flipped him over head and into the bleachers.
"Ok, new plan" Heatblast said before sending a torrent of flames at the android who took the heat unfazed once again. Heatblast launched herself into the air with a blast of heat towards the ground and attempted to punch the android in the face but Amazo dodged at the last second and grabbed the Pyronite by the neck and put her into a chokehold.
"Bad idea, circuits for brains"
Heatblast clenched her fists and closed her eyes as she grunted with effort raising her body temperature causing the lava that made up her skin and body to ignite and expand reaching temperatures close to ten thousand degrees. The android felt the heat surge and heard the high pitched wine that came with it before letting go and side kicking the alien into the wall.
Ivo clapped from the stands where Superboy caught his second wind.
"Bravo, you managed to melt the paint on Amazo's skin, which is made of a Titanium, Cobalt alloy by the way"
Heatblast grunted as Superboy landed next to her "What? You're a walking candle stick; you can't reach temperatures that high?"
"Not now but-" Just as she said this Miss Martian and Kid Flash barged through the door and ran to their side.
Kid took one look at the android that was patiently waiting for his master's orders.
"You guys let him reassemble the parts?!"
"Yeah, my bad on that one" Heatblast said as she slapped the symbol on her chest reverting back to normal.
"You guys might wanna stay back for this one" Alex said with a cautious tone.
"What, why?" Miss Martian asked.
"Cause I don't want any of you getting burned"
Superboy and Kid shared a look with Miss Martian before Alex turned her back to them.
"I can't explain right now but let's just say there's a time to go hero" Alex looked over to Amazo with a fire in her eyes "And there's a time to go ultimate"
"Ultimate?" Miss Martian said as Alex looked to Superboy.
"Cover her" she said referring to Megan.
Alex cracked her neck. "It's been a while since I've done this" Alex said as she dialed up an alien and slapped the Ultimatrix.
"Swampfire? That seems appropriate" Swampfire reached for the dial on her chest but instead of slapping it, she twisted it and let the dial pop up.
Ivo turned his head towards his android "Let's see what she's got Amazo"
"I'm giving you one last chance to give up!"
"Give up?" Ivo laughed "I have the entire Justice League in one creation completely obedient to me! The last thing I plan on doing is giving up!"
"I warned you!" Swampfire yelled as she slammed the dial back down and instead of the trademark green glow, a wave of green energy spread across her body revealing an entirely different alien underneath. Instead of green plant like skin, her entire body was composed of bark with blue glowing orbs instead of leaves. Green glowing eyes were carved into the tree creature along with a small mouth.
"ULTIMATE SWAMPFIRE!" Swampfire jumped at the android that attempted to block the attack but was surprised when the fist connected with his arm, the armored shell that was his skin cracked slightly.
"I WARNED YOU!" Swampfire sent a metal crushing fist into the androids abdomen and grabbed him by the neck and tossed him into the far end of the gymnasium.
The android got to its feet "Access Captain Atom" he sent an energy wave over to Swampfire who countered with a massive wave of blue fire. The androids radiation blast was no match as the android was suddenly enveloped in blue flames. As Amazo tried to walk through the fire, the paint on his skin began to melt away.
"Fire with an internal heat of over twenty-two thousand degrees! What? Don't you LIKE IT?" Swampfire made the heat even more intense as the android's internal exoskeleton was now visible and the heat continued to eat away at even that.
Superboy grabbed the sweating Miss Martian who had just fallen to her knees in exhaustion and pulled her close as to protect her from the heat.
Swampfire was relentless as even when the android was pushed into the far wall of the gymnasium pinned by the force of the pure heat, the alien hero continued to pour the energy onto the android.
Once Amazo was molten metal and ash, Swampfire halted her fire.
Ivo raised his eyebrows in surprise "No no that's impossible!"
"Believe it!" Kid yelled as he ran up to the mad scientist and grabbed him by the shoulder before right hooking him in the face and knocking him out.
Swampfire put her hands on her knees as her heavy breathing slowed down Swampfire slapped the symbol on her chest reverting her back into normal Swampfire, she slapped her chest for a second time reverting back into Alex.
Miss Martian stood to her feet holding her head as Superboy supported her. Alex walked up to them.
"What the hell was that?" Superboy yelled "You could've hurt M'gaan!"
"I told you to cover her!" Alex responded "I'm sorry I had to do that but there just wasn't time to explain!"
"Its fine" Miss Martian said. "I'm just surprised you had a transformation that was so powerful!"
"Ultimate Swampfire isn't close to my most powerful alien, she just seemed appropriate considering she was the first transformation I used when I first used the Ultimatrix"
"Dude you have a lot of explaining to do!" Kid pointed out.
...
Mount Justice
"The Amazo android is in pieces once again, safely being analyzed in the two separate STAR labs facilities. Ivo is in custody and being prepared for transport to Belle Reve Prison as we speak"
Martian Manhunter spoke up "We understand that the mission suffered from other complications"
Superboy looked away in embarrassment.
"Complications come with the job, however; what doesn't come with the job is the fact that your teammate has an entirely different level of power that she failed to share with you or her superiors"
"I wouldn't call you my superior"
Batman glared at him intently "Oh?"
"Actually superior sounds about right"
"I want a detailed list of all your available aliens and any other powers you have, and this time I'm serious. Are we clear?" Batman glared at Alex again.
"Crystal" Alex sighed as she had to make nearly a hundred reports.
"Until then, I believe that you did good work today, defeating the android wasn't easy for us so I'm sure it couldn't have been easy for you. Of course there's no shame in asking for help, its why the League exists because there will always be problems that even we can't solve on our own." Batman turned to leave along with Black Canary and Red Tornado when Canary felt a hand on her shoulder.
She turned to face Superboy who had an unusually calm look on his face. "I'm ready"
"Good because I'm here for you"
...
Unknown Location
A dark room was lit up by a large red portal where a man was dumped onto the floor from inside the portal.
"Ugh, what in the name of-" the man stood to face a boy with pale skin and jet black hair shaped like horns wearing a tuxedo and holding a house cat in his hands.
"Hi there" the boy said.
"And who are you? Where am I? How did I get here?" the man asked looking around the dark room.
"I'm a lord of Chaos you can call me Klarion, as for where you are, you're in another Universe. Ya know, string theory and all that nonsense."
The man straightened his red jacket and brushed the dust from his silver hair. "What do you want with me?"
"Your intelligence" Klarion looked in another direction in embarrassment "Among other things of course"
The man slide his fingers over his red wrist watch "Of course, why should I help you?"
"Oh! That's an easy one. Because I found one of the two people you hate enough to sway your opinion"
"She's here? She went missing after-" the man's red eyes widened in realization
"Yup, I found Alexandra Tennyson for you and all you need to do is help me destroy her along with an enemy of my own"
The man gave Klarion a sinister smile "When do we start?"
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