Apart of the team Young Justice fanfiction

Homefront

Alex sat in her bed looking up at the ceiling trying to figure out how she should deal with the mole situation.
"You're not bad, for a kid. Better than your gang did in Santa Prisca or Bialya"
How could he have known about Bialya? Did he really have an inside source? Alex would have seen him if he was truly there at the time. She knew the entire team all too well to consider them suspects but to deny facts that were right in front of her?
Wally was impatient, immature and stubborn but, he idolizes the Justice League even when they treat him unfairly. He's been with the Flash for nearly three years, what motive could he have to betray them or us?
Conner was stubborn and hard-headed as well as short tempered but he was also kind hearted and a good person. That aside, he is still a clone and this could mean that he has programming that he doesn't know about himself.
Robin was a lot like her brother Ben in many ways with less cocky tendencies, he's confident and mature but doesn't fail to show his age when socializing. He has the most experience next to Alex and could never be the mole, he was raised by Batman and there is no way Robin could sneak false feelings past the caped crusader.
Alex didn't know too much about Artemis, she was sarcastic for starters. She didn't talk much but when she did she almost never meant what she said. She had recently become the protégé of Green Arrow and has little known background past that. She could very well be the mole without Alex's knowledge but, she hadn't been around that long and had no knowledge of the Santa Prisca events and Sportsmaster hadn't seen much so he couldn't judge the performance off of facing Alex alone... could he? Doubtful but, he's a villain and villains lie.
Lastly there was M'gann; Imagining her betraying the team was very unlikely. She had a sweet personality and she was eager to please, could it be a facade? For Azmuths sake! Who could she trust?!
She heard a knock. Alex hoped off her bed wearing denim jeans and slipping on a black t-shirt. Another knock on the door snapped her out of her daze and went to answer it, she pressed the open button and the metal door slid open to reveal Megan in her usual costume.
"Oh, hey M'gann" Alex greeted as she walked past her.
Megan raised an eyebrow "Is everything alright?"
"I need to talk to Tornado, have you seen him?".
"Well, he's in the holo-ring doing perimeter check, are you sure you don't want to talk?"
"I'm sure thanks"
Alex walked away leaving M'gann there dumbfounded.
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"So you have told no one else of this mole?" Red Tornado replied as Alex spoke to him in the far corner of the holo-ring.
"I'm not too sure that one exists and if it does, I'd rather investigate without tipping my hand" Alex looked to the elder android for guidance "Maybe I should tell Batman?"
"Generally the Batman expects the team to handle its own problems but as team leader, the decision is yours. I will return after monitor duty on the watch tower." Red turned away and headed for the Zeta-Tubes nearest to the holo-ring.
"I thought you got out of monitor duty when you agreed to be our 'den mother'"
"Recognized Red Tornado A16"
"I agreed to cover for Green Arrow he has an interpersonal event with Black Canary" Just as Red's body turned to yellow particles "A hot date, I believe"
Alex looked over to the hall where she heard slight laughing and talking. She shrugged and walked over to the hall to find M'gann, Kid Flash, and Aqualad all watching Conner as he worked dutifully on his bike and Sphere beeped his way over to him on nudged to pet him or it.
Alex smiled seeing ship come out and look at Connor's bike.
"Alex?" Megan called out as she noticed her watching from afar.
Alex sighed and began walking over to the group as Megan noticed her distained face. As she approached she was about to speak when Megan grabbed her by the arm and pulled her towards the corner of the area.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"Don't 'nothing' me; you've been depressed since you got back from helping Red Arrow. Did something happen?" Alex looked at her and sighed "I'm fine" she walked past her.
Alex was about to ask a question when a loud explosion shook the entire cave and knocked the entire team back. An entire section of the caves wall had been blown in and a reinforced steel beam collapsed to the floor along with twelve metric tons of rubble.
"What the hell was that?" Conner yelled as he used his super-vision to search for the cause of the explosion. Two figures walked through the smoke as an ocean of fire spread across the floor.
Alex slapped the Ultimatrix as quickly as possible after seeing the fire and yelled "Water Hazard!"
An enormous torrent of water spat from the alien's palm splitting the floor of fire and created an opening for the team to stand in.
Megan lifted herself off the ground but it was short lived as the heat caused her to fall to ground next to Aqualad. Water Hazard sprayed another torrent of water hard enough to cut through steel but was surprised when her own water was bent and manipulated by an outside force. Water Hazard turned to Aqualad assuming he had for some reason turned against the team; she was surprised again to see Aqualad helping Megan to her feet as he was less susceptible to heat. The alien sighed as she was hit with a torrent of her own water slamming her against Conner and knocking him into the ground.
Aqualad attempted to catch the water with his bearers but it proved fruitless as the water turned on him as well and pushed him through Conner's bike and into the ground.
"My ride!" Conner leaped from his position only to be hit with a torrent of fire that burnt a hole in his shirt and knocked him into the ceiling. He fell from the ceiling landing on the ground.
Kid ran towards them with super speed but was caught in the jaw by a metallic fist sending him into the ground next to Conner.
The smoke split as a blast of fire and water stretched out and encased Kid and Conner both in a metallic like substance as it also caused a thick wave of steam to pour into the room.
Water Hazard got to her feet and slapped the symbol on her chest changing her into a walking burning rock. Heatblast allowed a torrent of fire to rip apart against her body as she felt no discomfort.
She sent her own flames into the steam aimlessly as it was too thick for her to see.
"Damn it, Megan! Can you hear me?" there was no response. A wave of water slammed into her and pushed her in front of the entrance Zeta-Tubes. Heatblast's heat was drenched and cool momentarily until she reignited her skull with a slight grunt.
As she stood to her feet the Zeta-Tubes spoke up.
"Recognize Robin B02"
He walked slowly until he realized something was wrong "Alex?"
"Duck!"
Robin back flipped out of the way dodging a pulse of water from the steam. "What was that?" he asked as he threw a bird-a-rang into the steam with no real aim. He could see nothing but he heard their pointless discharge in the distance.
"Water! There's a fire guy too"
"A fire guy?"
"Recognized Artemis B07"
"Look out!" Robin yelled pushing Artemis out of the way of a lose fire ball. Robin pulled her to her feet and she immediately pulled an arrow from her quiver and let lose a random explosive arrow into the mix of steam and smoke. "Who are we fighting?" she screamed sending several more arrows into the smog.
"Don't know!" Heatblast yelled as she stepped in front of Artemis and absorbed the heat of a massive fire ball before redirecting it and sending it back where it came from with expert accuracy. Surprisingly she managed to hit something with loud metallic thud.
"Bullseye! We're sitting ducks by these tubes, head for the exit!"
Heatblast created a wall of fire between them and the enemy as they ran towards the hall that would lead them to safety. Suddenly, a massive wave of water barreled across that hallway and headed straight for the team.
"Or not" Robin exclaimed as he turned on his heels and ran in the opposite direction. It proved useless as the water slammed into them and caused them to be pushed around in its wake. Heatblast shivered wildly before slamming her symbol and reverting into a large fish like creature before smiling "Now this is a good time for a classic!" Ripjaws swam and grabbed Robin and Artemis by the arms pulling them away as the water settled and drained away to the sides. They caught their breaths for only a moment as Artemis grabbed her bow and Robin retrieved lost birdarangs.
"What can this guy do?" Artemis asked Ripjaws as she rolled her eyes.
"I swim fast now keep moving I'll hold them off"
"Them?" Artemis said as Robin grabbed her by the arm and pulled her away.
Ripjaws slapped the symbol on her chest once more engulfing him in green energy a humanoid moth creature with blue and black patterns covering her body.
"This seems like a good fix for both water and fire" Big Chill exhaled a blast of ice that covered their tracks and closed up the entrance. Big Chill felt slightly accomplished until she saw the ice melt quickly and a burst of fire rip through the air with a high pitched wine. Big Chill phased through the attack by turning intangible.
"All or nothing" Big Chill twisted the dial on her chest causing it to pop out, she then slammed it back down causing a wave of green energy to flow across her body changing her blue skin into a bright red color. "Ultimate Big Chill!"
Big Chill exhaled a wave of fire but instead of burning everything in its wake; it covered the area in a thick sheet of ice.
Big Chill landed on the ground satisfied by her work and slapped the Ultimatrix twice reverting back into Alex.
"That'll hold em for sure plus I have to conserve energy" Just as she said this, the sheet of ice turned red hot and began to melt slowly. "Or not"
Alex turned and ran down the hall; she stopped and peered into the exercise room where she found a scotched path into another room. "I guess I didn't do too well on holding them back"
She ran through and into the showers where she found a large hole leading into another room. Alex ran through the showers and into a hall way littered with puddles of water. Alex clearly saw Artemis and Robin running into the kitchen ahead. "Something doesn't add up, whoever is attack must be able to control their respected element remotely without touching or even seeing it." Alex heard metallic foot steps behind her "Or not"
Alex turned and ran as fast as she could towards the kitchen where she found a metal grate laying on the stove and the vent wide open. "Glad they don't know how to cover their tracks"
Alex grabbed hold of the grate and hopped into the vent closing the grate behind her, she could clearly hear Robin and Artemis talking further into the vent and then she heard falling. As this sound filtered through her ears she fell through the vent and into a room filled with water heaters. "Hey!" Alex called out as Artemis and Robin turned and watched Alex jump over a ladder and land on the floor next to them.
"Did you beat them?" Robin asked as a massive wave of fire burst through the vent and a female silhouette fell to the ground engulfed in orange flames.
"Does that answer your question? Move!" Alex said as a lose fire ball was sent over head.
"I thought you said you'd hold them back?" Artemis called out as another blast of fire was sent in their direction.
"Ice doesn't work on them"
"Noted, in here" Robin said as he opened a shaft in the floor and slid down but not before tossing an explosive bird-a-rang at the wall as the intruders shadow approached them.
The three heroes fell into a small tunnel lines with pipes up and down. Robin stopped and popped open an access point before plugging his gauntlet into one of the USBs.
"Hacking the heat and motion sensors to prevent anyone from tracking us?" Alex inquired which Robin replied with a smile.
"You know it; downloading security footage" Alex shuffled through her aliens as Artemis and Robin watched the scenes immediately prior to the attack.
"That's it, all four dead" Robin said as he starred at the static displayed on his holo-screen. Artemis gasped and Alex looked over with concern "The cameras I mean; I'm sure everyone is fine"
"Yea, they're fine, they have super powers, they can handle anything" Artemis commented as she wrapped her arms around her legs and placed her chin to her knees.
Robin directed them further; there should be an accessible panel to your right Alex"
Alex looked to her right and she smiled as she undid the panel and created a platform of mana beneath her and jumped down. Robin jumped after her and Artemis followed but she landed improperly and knocked into Alex who caught her. "You ok?" she asked nonchalantly.
Her face turned slightly red in embarrassment "Uh yeah" she pulled away and hopped down from her mana platform. "I'm fine"
Robin looked around "Perfect, we're in the library"
"How is this perfect? Maybe we should read the enemies a bed-time story huh?" Artemis commented as Alex analyzed her surroundings.
"No, there should be a secret passage way behind one of these book cases" Robin said as he looked through the books looking for a certain title.
"Seriously? Cliché much"
Alex began tossing books out at random as Artemis did the same. They continued this process until they heard the same metallic footsteps from earlier except these footsteps were accompanied by a voice, a very familiar monotone voice. "Robin, Artemis, Alex?"
"It's Red Tornado!" Artemis announced with excitement as she leaped from her hiding position to greet him but her grin fell as she found herself face to face with an android similar to Red Tornado with minor differences such as his red body had yellow markings on them but with a completely different design than the aerokinetic hero. The android reached for Artemis who was pushed to the ground by Alex who ducked under a book case.
"Yes on the Red no on the Tornado"
Robin jumped from a top a book case and slammed his foot into the robots face knocking him to the ground briefly. Robin followed Alex and Artemis as they quickly began ripping five or six books out at a time. Robin scanned through the titles as Artemis turned and launched an explosive arrow at the android that brought a shield of water up to eye level and blocked the attack. Artemis leaped on a bookshelf and found a second android following the first, this one with a female design. She sent a ball of fire to Artemis who ducked and watched as the fire ball connected with the ceiling setting the sprinklers off.
Alex turned around and sent mana discs at her enemy knocking them back briefly. Alex brought a shield up between them and the intruders as they slammed water and fire into the shield.
Robin gasped "Of course! The classics" he pulled The Mysteries of Udulpho from the book case causing a nearby book case to open up. Alex was knocked ten feet back and into a book case as the intruders finally broke her shield.
"Grab her!" Robin yelled as he jumped through the opening.
Artemis sent an arrow which the hydrokinetic android caught directly in front of his face; this was a mistake as the arrow exploded with foam like substance that engulfed him and the other androids leg. The foam was a quick-dry cement formula that would take moments for the android to break but moments was all she needed to pick Alex up and pull her through the opening. Robin pressed a button covered in cob-webs that shut the opening.
Artemis slapped Alex in the face with distress as she woke slowly "ow why'd you do that?" rubbing the red mark on her face.
"Cause we need to keep running and your heavy"
Alex got to her feet and began running down the hall with Robin and Artemis in front of her. "Plus you're the strongest one here"
"I think you could take them" Alex said as Artemis grabbed her arm causing them both to stop.
"Red Tornado is one of the power-houses of the league! How are we supposed to stop two of them?"
"They do seem pretty user-unfriendly" Robin said Artemis became increasingly aggravated.
"Don't joke, they-" Artemis was interrupted by a monotone voice coming over the loud speaker.
"Attention Artemis. Attention Robin. Attention Alex. You have exactly ten minutes to surrender or the lives of your friends will be extinguished" the android paused for several seconds as he initiated the traps that he had set up for the rest of team "Nine minutes forty-five seconds"
Alex, Robin and Artemis ran through the hall way connecting to the hangar. "We can access the hanger from-" Robin began as he turned around and watched an enormous wave of water coming their way. "Or not" Alex and Robin said in unison like they had been the entire day.
"Will you two please stop saying that?!" Artemis pleaded angrily as she turned and ran but again it was fruitless as the wave of water caught up to them in seconds flooding the entire hall in water. Artemis lost the majority of her arrows as a green light lit up the water and a blue jellyfish-like alien with six long tentacles that function as two pairs of arms and a pair of legs appeared and floated towards Artemis who was being man-handled by the hydrokinetic android. She floated up to the android and sent a current of electricity into the androids body temporarily shutting him down, the android floated back motionlessly as Robin gave Artemis a breath of his miniature oxygen tank from his utility belt. Amphibian grabbed both of them by the arm and swam away faster than either could on their own but not before Robin could leave a trail of explosive shuriken behind to knock the motionless android back further. As they fled the hydrokinetic android's eyes flashed red signaling him coming back online.
All three washed up in the lake that was always present in the cave, they were only able to catch their breathes for a moment as they heard a distressed voice call out to them "Look out!" they ducked underwater as a massive fire ball slammed into the water and dissipated on contact. Amphibian rose out of the water with a anger in her eyes. "I've had just about enough of this game"
Amphibian's eyes widened as the water underneath her reached out and pulled her under. "Alex!" Conner and Kid and screamed as Alex was no longer visible. Robin and Artemis came to get air as they emerged next to Kid and Conner who remained trapped in metal.
"Where's Alex?" Artemis asked as Kid closed his eyes in disappointment.
Suddenly an enormous green flash erupted from the water but nothing changed. All was quiet for several seconds as yet another green illumination erupted from underwater. Again all was quiet until a massive camo-green alien emerged from the water with a vicious roar. The alien was fifty feet tall but seemed shorter as most of her body was under water; her head possesses a dark blue, Ankylosaurs-like helmet with three spikes running down the top, which are silver. On the sides of his helmet, there are black ram horns, pointing down. She also possesses a dark blue, turtle shell with long spikes running down each side. Her plated chest and torso are dark blue with five spikes on each end.
The beast immediately turned her attention to the androids who shared a brief look before sending a combined torrent of water and fire at her. Humungousaur raised her arms and blocked the attack which did in fact hurt, a lot. The relentless pulse of water strong enough to eat through concrete tore away at her skin as the fire ignited every pain receptor in her entire arm. But, this evolution was durable if anything. She raised her other arm and aimed her fists at the androids who seemed confused spite their stoic robotic faces. The alien's fists changed and morphed into Bio-Gatling guns which began firing bright red missiles that exploded on contact with the androids and their surroundings as the missiles made contact with the cave walls and ceiling. The rubble began collapsing on the androids as they began dodging between boulders and missiles simultaneously.
Another set of twin torrents sent Humungousaur onto her back in the water as the androids bombarded her with their elemental prowess. Humungousaur flipped on her back relieving the pain as her shell provided brief protection from the immense heat and relentless water.
"Can't believe I'm getting my ass handed to me as my top five strongest alien by robots of all things!"
Humungousaur lifted her arm and sent multiple projectiles at the androids whom took evasive maneuvers to avoid said projectiles. As the pressure was finally relieved Humungousaur stood to her feet and let loose a barrage of missiles that were still dodged expertly. "C'mon what does it take to get a-" an explosion rocked the area as a missile connected with the hydrokinetic androids arm causing it to explode and for him to loose altitude. As he fell to the ground, the pyrokinetic android used the distraction to let lose a massive ball of flame that would put Humungousaur back on the defensive.
Kid and Conner watched intently as the battle ensued.
"This is... intense." Kid noted as Conner nodded in agreement.
"Kid focus! Is an EMP do able?" Robin spoke through a communication shuriken planted in the metal next to Kid's head.
"Totally, do able!" Kid watched as the hydrokinetic android stood to his feet and created a miniature tsunami and directed it towards Humungousaur who attempted to stand her ground but was pushed back none the less. "Ya know if we had more time"
Humungousaur stood to her feet and sent missiles into the ground in front of the androids causing them to lose their balance as Humungousaur used this opportunity swing her mace tail around with all of her effort knocking the pyrokinetic android into the wall behind them and giving said android a nasty puncture wound to the abdomen. The androids were relentless as they stood to their feet and began pouring their respected elements onto to Humungousaur once again who was this time brought to her knees. Humungousaur screamed in agony as her skin turned into sickening red color. A green flash engulfed the area as Ultimate Humungousaur was devolved back into her original form. The androids ceased their attack as Humungousaur reverted back into Alex who had second degree burn on her arms and chest. Alex fell to her knees and spit up a small puddle of blood. The androids turned towards the others who were still trapped. "Aqualad how's M'gaan doing?" Conner asked and became increasingly worried when he heard no response.
Alex heard this and immediately stood up.
"Hey!"
Everyone turned their attention to Alex as if they were surprised she could still project her voice to that degree.
Alex's body became enveloped in mana as she changed into her anodite form, she stumbled across the floor to close the distance between her and the Androids.
"Did you think you could win that easily?" Alex watched as the Pyrokinetic Android used her fire to float over to Alex landing a few feet in front of her.
"You have been beaten? Why do you still persist?" the android spoke in a female monotone voice.
"Because my friends... need me... that's why!" Alex threw the slowest weakest mana disc she had ever thrown but it was all she could manage as the android effortlessly side stepped his attack.
"The chances of you defeating us in this state are-"
"I don't care about your statistics; I'm going to keep fighting until I can't breathe anymore" Alex swung at the android who grabbed her and flipped her onto her back.
M'gann's eyes fluttered open as she tried with all of her effort to resist the heat that was bearing down on her. She looked around and realized she was lying next to Aqualad who was looking to be dead but his slow rising and falling chest proved him to be alive, barely if anything. She turned her head to the side and saw Alex spitting up more blood.
"Alex, stay down!" Kid yelled out as Conner agreed "It's not worth it!"
"All of you shut up!"
Silence became heavier than the strongest gravity as Alex stood to her feet once again with her fists covered in a thin layer of mana.
"I've never given up before even when everyone was against me! So what makes you think I'm going to give up now!?"
Alex swung at the android who dodged lazily and grabbed her fist.
"You have courage which is admirable but also foolish; your friends Robin and Artemis do not share your courage. What is all this determination for if it leads to your demise?"
"It's called... a distraction"
The hydrokinetic and pyrokinetic shared a single glance before changing their focus to the generator in the far corner of the room where Robin sat with a shuriken in hand "Boom" Robin shoved the bird-a-rang in the metal slot in front of him causing a massive wave of blue energy lined with static electricity crossed the room and engulfed the entire mountain as Alex fell to her knees for third time in one day. She changed back into her human form.
The cage of fire trapping M'gann and Aqualad immediately disappeared as both of them felt immediate relief. The water that slowly crept closer to Kid and Conner's jaw line died down completely draining into the lake where it originated.
"We are so getting that lake removed" Kid joked
The androids eyes became dark and life less as they both fell motionless to the ground with a metallic thud.
Alex allowed herself to slip into unconsciousness once she was sure her teammates were safe. She had never felt so relived in her life but, everything in her body stung, her bones were sore, her muscles were over used and her skin stung with the slightest touch but she could feel her Anodite heritage healing her wounds already. Her skin becoming less raw by the second and her muscles growing less sore with every passing moment.
She couldn't tell just how long she was unconscious for, it could have been days or several minutes all she knew was when her body felt like it could move again, she was able to open eyes and sit up. She saw Kaldur supporting M'gann along with Robin and Artemis trying to activate a plasma cutter to set Kid and Conner free of their metallic prison.
"Would you quite playing with that and cut us free already?"
"I can't, EMP shuts down all machines remember?"
Alex looked at her wrist as her Ultimatrix was completely dead and non-functional "Not without its faults" Alex stood to her feet as everyone turned their attention to her.
"Whoa you need to take a seat Alex" Artemis said laying the cutter down on the ground and walking over to Alex who waved her off.
"I'll be fine" she said "Besides I was acting more beat up than I really was so I could really distract them"
"Tell that to the blood splattered on the floor" Artemis jammed her thumb in the direction of Alex's stand against the androids.
"Yeah that was real" Alex laughed weakly as she rubbed the back of her neck and winced at the pain. "That's gonna hurt in the morning"
"So the EMP shut down all machines, does that mean?" Conner motioned to Alex's wrist as she chuckled slightly.
"Yup, EMP's shut down all machines in the area" Alex waved her non-functional Ultimatrix in the air for everyone to see its grey unilluminated hourglass design as opposed to the ever bright trademark green glow.
"Correction, Electro Magnetic Pulse shuts down all machines in the area present at the time. What has occurred?" Red Tornado spun down from the front entrance instead of the teleporters.
Robin motioned over to the two androids lying on the ground in the corner of the room. "We got a little visit form your extended family"
"Your very nasty family!" Artemis pointed out.
Red Tornado walked over to the androids and bent down to scan them closer. "I was not aware I had relations"
"Where've you been?"
"Monitor duty on the Watchtower"
Suddenly the plasma cutter discharged a random beam of plasma in a random harmless direction. Sphere who had been trapped by rubble sometime during the fight beeped to life and revved his engine before freeing himself. "The pulse has worn off!" Artemis and Kid said in unison as Red Tornado reached out to grab his android brother sending a single spark between the two. Red Tornado turned around with sinister red eyes as the wind picked up in the room. Red Tornado floated up slowly as he began sucking the oxygen out of the room and most of the team was so surprised by this sudden betrayal that the only lasted a few seconds before they fell Alex slapped the Ultimatrix dial but nothing happened as the dial was still a dull lifeless grey. Alex had no time to question why the Ultimatrix was any different from an android as the oxygen was ripped from her lungs and she fell to her knees for the fourth time in one day. She slumped over unconscious.
52 Minutes Later
"Alex"
"Alex can you hear me?"
A male voice called out as Alex tried to pry her eyes open and failed. "Alex?" another female voice called out but this time it was one that was familiar to her, she forced her eyes open to meet Robin sitting over her next to Black Canary who must've been the second voice to attempt to coax her awake.
Black Canary and Robin helped her to her feet.
"What happened here?"
"Red Tornado, he attacked us but, not until after two other androids with the same design attacked us" Alex had to force each word out as her throat was severely sore and her chest felt like it was going to implode at any moment. It almost made the burns and internal bleeding feel pleasant.
"Where did they-"
"Gone" Robin interrupted "All three of them"
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