Chemical Kid (A Young Justice Fanfiction)

Past

This next chapter involves child abuse, if you do not think you can handle it, I will have the next chapter out soon.

Love always,
A.M. Wolfe

After Evie had chosen her mentor Robin walked up to the trio, wanting to ask Evie a question.

"So Evie, do you have a name yet?" He asked her.

"Uhhh," Evie said, "Eve Estelle Lester, why?"

Robin began to laugh, "No your hero name Silly."

"Oh." Evie said, realization in her voice, "Nope."

"Well maybe your mentor can help with that. Have you decided who will be your mentor by the way?"

"Uh yeah, Black Canary." She replied, "They said that she would be here tomorrow to train me. I thought I would come after my classes and meet her."

"Ah ok," Rob said, "yeah when I proposed you being a part of the team to some of the League, she said that she wanted someone with natural talent." He took a step closer to Evie, "Someone like you."

"Oh uh," Evie said, trying not to blush, "thanks I guess."

He nodded, "So, if you want I can take you on your first mission tonight. If you're up to it that is."

"Oh yeah," Evie said smirking, "I'm so ready."

"Great," he walked over to the holographic computer that was still up and began to type quickly, "so you and I will be doing a stake-out, it Gotham. Crazy simple, we just have to gather intel."

She walked closer, nodding the whole time, "So who or what we gathering intel from?"

"Hoped you would ask that." He said, pulling up a picture of her father, the Clown Prince of Crime himself, Joker, "The Joker. Now I know you think that you aren't prepared to face him, but it won't be bad as long as you follow my lead. Understand so far Evie?" There was no answer, "Uh Evie? This is when you say, 'Yeah, I can totally do this." Still no answer, "Evie you ok back there?" When he turned around he saw Evie, collapsed onto the ground.

Now some of you may be wondering, what happened. Well now, I shall tell you. After Robin said Joker's name her visions of her past. More specifically her past when she was a baby. Before the orphanage, before Batman rescued her, when she lived in captivity with her father, Joker.

Young her, about three, was sitting on her bed, picking at the gruel placed in front of her. Her right ankle was shackled to the bed-post, which kept her chained to the bed, where she spent every day. Just laying, or sitting, doing absolutely nothing. Nothing to entertain her, nothing to keep her preoccupied from her life, just eating, sleeping and relieving herself.

Evie had never seen her mother, after she had been born her father had killed her as so as she got home from the hospital, keeping Evie in captivity, alone. That was a year ago, Evie was malnourished and didn't know how to walk or speak. But this night was special, the night she was rescued, the first night she ever felt love.

She was sitting on her bed when she heard fighting downstairs, which wasn't very different then usual, but this fight was different. One of her father's goons, who usually brought her food, ran into her room, hiding in the small room, from whatever was outside.

Since Evie didn't know how to talk the only thing she knew was baby talk, and screaming. So she started with baby talk, "abuh aggga lifffff?"

Which roughly translates to, "Hey Food Man? Whacha hiding from? And why in my room?"

"Shhhh. I know I should be helping your dad but," he sighed, "I'm going to get you outta here." He walked over with a key. He placed the key in the shackle, realising her ankle.

"Ahhh goo." She said.

"Why didn't you
do that earlier Food Man?"

He picked up Evie, pulling a locket out of his back pocket, "I know you won't remember me, but I want you to know who you are." He hung it around her small neck, opening it, "This has your name I gave you, date of birth, and your parents. I'm going to take you to the nearest orphanage. I'll check in as often as I can." He kissed her red hair colored hair, "I love you Evie."

Then the door flew opened revealing her dad, with a fourty-five magnum pistol.

"Knuckles? What are you doing? It's" referring to Evie, "is my sheild." He pointed the gun to the goon

"Sheild?" The goon said, "She a foot and a half tall!"

"Ahhf gah." Evie said.

"I can confirm that is in fact true."

"And she isn't an 'it' she's your daughter and you should love her, not treat her like a-" Bang! He did it, he pulled the trigger, landing a bullet in his head. The shot caused Knuckles yo collapse onto the ground, along with Evie, who laid beside him on the ground.

"Afur diimff?" She asked.

"Food Man? Get up, whose gonna bring me food? Whats the Smiling man going to do to me?"

"Now, come on." He grabbed Evie by her small arm, throwing her up into the air. He continued to hold her by her arm, letting the rest of her drag, which scraped her legs.

"Agggah"

"Smiling Man, what are you doing? That hurts!" She said, trying to break free of his grasp.

Once they made it downstairs, the Smiling Man began to speak, "Ohhhh Batsie! I gotta suprised for ya!"

Suddenly a bat shaped individual swooped down from nowhere, "What do you want Joker?"

"Well, I have A proposal." The smiling man said, "You leave me alone or, "He pressed a gun to Evie's head, "The Tike dies."

"Agggf."

"Woah, I had no part in this. I plead the fifth." Evie said in her baby talk.
Suddenly the gun flew out of his hand, by the help of some projectile. Then another projectile hit the Smiling Man's hand, making him release Evie. The man in black caught Evie as she was falling, all as he was kicking the Joker, causing him to collapse onto the ground.

"I'm taking you to the Cave then the nearest orphanage." The man said.

"Aggjigf," Evie gurgled.

"Ok I'm fine with that, but can someone tell me what the heck is going on preferable you," realising she had to come up with a name for him, "Bat...Man" Evie said. Sure it sounded more like "Baf...Mam." but still.

"Batman?" He said, looking down at her, chuckling, "I like the sound of that." And with that he put her in his car and drove off to the, now called, Batcave.

"Evie! Evie! Evie wake up!" She heard a voice calling for her, "Evie you ok?" Evie opened her eyes, seeing Robin, Grace, Sarah, and Alice all surrounding her.

Evie sat up, "What happened?" She asked.

"You collapsed. I don't know why though." Robin said. He put his hand on her leg, "You sure you can handle this mission?"

She nodded, "From what I experienced from my child hood, I can handle anything."

"Ok just making sure." Robin said as he and the two girls began to walk out, "I'll come by tonight at about six-thirty."

Evie smiled, "I'll be ready."

As Robin shut the door Evie sighed, "I hope I'll be ready to see him again at least."