Wonder~ A Young Justice Fanfiction

Insecurity

Anastasia's POV

"Guys my boredom is bored." Zatanna sighs as we stroll down the same hall for about the fifteenth time. "So maybe a night off was a bad idea." M'gann continues as we approach Red Tornado.

"You know, I should've gone with them. I had the option, but no I said they needed guy bonding time." I groan making my friends lazily laugh.

"Hey Red Tornado, got any stakeouts for us?" Superboy asks bashfully catching the robots attention before he responds bluntly disappearing into his room without another word. "That's Tornado's apartment right?" Zatanna asks and I smirk as her voice takes on a mischievous tone.

Well now I know we're going to have fun tonight.

"But what does he need it for? He doesn't eat, sleep, change clothes, or well anything." She continues as we all stare dumbly up at the little hole. "So?" Conner asks still to young to really understand why we get so excited when it comes to breaking the rules.

"So what does he do up there?" I continue for her our thought processes linking up.

"So what do we do now?" M'gann asks and we all stare at each other blankly because it's not like we can knock or invite ourselves in while he's in there.

"Well I guess we're going to have to wait." I sigh plopping down on the floor as the night seems to drag on.
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Anastasia's POV

"Finally let's go." I exclaim stretching my back my spine cracking in several different spots from sitting against the wall for so long. "Etativel." Zatanna pipes up seeming more eager than me, and M'gann and I quickly follow her all of us waiting up by the entrance while Superboy glares up at us.

"Hctah siri nepo." Then the hatch opens and we all zip in clearing the way so Conner can come through. "Do we really trust Wolf to keep a lookout?" I chuckle, but when I look to Conner he's too distracted by our surroundings to pay attention.

That's when I look around my eyes landing on the Christmas tree, menorah, and presents that are sitting randomly amongst the machinery. I smile fondly because despite how robotic Red is he's just as curious and finds everything fascinating like I still tend to do.

"Is that what I think it is?" I turn around just as Zatanna removes a red blanket that's lying over something. "It sort of looks like Red." I observe stepping closer so I can take in each detail of the very human looking Android. "So is Red trying to build a friend?" M'gann asks, and I really hope that's what this is because I'm not sure how I would feel about anything else.

"Why don't you ask Red?" We all freeze turning around one at a time because we all know who the owner of that voice is. "Who wants to bet Wolf is sleeping." I mumble Zatanna visibly biting the inside of her cheek to stop herself from laughing while Conner glares at me. "Okay what's with the new bot?"

"I am a robot, this is an Android." He bluntly corrects stepping through us to check on his Droid. "He will serve as my alter ego, John Smith and allow me to download my conciseness so that I may walk among humans, interact and learn." He explains and my tense expression falls into a frown. Does he not think he can do that now?

"I think it's a wonderful idea!" M'gann speaks up, and I have to agree even though I'm still confused. You would think being a hero he would be able to walk among us. "Your approval is appreciated, but your presence is uninvited. Is this a sign of disrespect?"

"Curiosity."

"Boredom."

"You know he's cute, but if the goal is human interaction..." She pauses waving her arms above her head distracting our robot friend as she says a backwards incantation, and the discarded blanket turns into a pair of trousers. "He really needs pants."

"A shirt may also help." I add finding his cut open chest slightly off putting, and my friends chuckle even though I'm not joking.
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Anastasia's POV

"Let me be clear, we failed." Kaldur growls eyeing the people who were on the mission with him while explaining it to us. I step between them setting a hand on Wally's shoulder desperately wanting someone to explain exactly what went down.

"Though the Injustice League is still in custody their allies still scheme, and now we have learned nothing of their plans." He continues and Wally scoffs shocking me more than the news of their failure. "That's not true, we know they're planning on taking Anastasia at some point. If she was there tonight they probably would have."

"Me? But what do..."

"But we still do not know what they want her for, for all we know it was a tactic to mess with your head." Kaldur argues both of them ignoring me completely. "Except this is the third time it's happened!"

"The Justice League has been investigating this, there is no reason for them to actually want Anastasia..."

"Both of you shut up!" I shout focusing my cold blue eyes on both them in the most intimidating glare I can muster. "Considering it's about me maybe you should talk to me and not around me." I snap everyone falling deadly silent to the point I can hear the gears turning inside Tornado's body.

"We have nothing else to say on the matter, they all escaped before we could get answers." Wally mumbles keeping his green eyes turned to the floor. "Gee I wonder why." Roy pipes up, and for a split second I'm grateful the attention is off me until I realize he's glaring at Artemis.

"Hey! Who found out Sportsmaster was working with Brain, Klarion, and Ivo?" She shouts stepping around me since I'm now caught in the middle of their screaming match. "Yeah great intel, except Ivo's been in Belle Reve this whole time. And the guard just checked, it's the real, not a robot." Red lists off stepping closer with each word.

"You know I'm getting pretty tired of you dumping on her." Wally demands finally looking up and I firmly stand next to him glancing at Artemis to see a sad smile crossing her face. Instead of responding he holds up a tiny circular tracker making me wonder where he's taking this. "Her tracker? So what, Cheshire ditched it."

"No. Artemis ditched that to send us on a wild goose chase. She put this one on Cheshire." He places the small disk in Wally's hand and we both observe it before I turn to the girl in question, but she refuses to meet my eyes.

"Artemis?" Wally questions and that pained look swells up again as she cowers underneath his angry stare. "Are you that freaked out about Arrow joining the team you had to prove yourself by bringing down the bad guys solo?"

"Artemis please tell him he's wrong." I beg wanting what started as a fun night to return. She opens her mouth something almost slipping out, but it's like she starts questioning herself once she starts to think it through. "Well nice going what you proved is that you're insecure and selfish."

"Wally!" I shriek, but he ignores me dropping the sai that he was firmly holding at her feet before snatching the tracker and heading in the direction of the trophy room. "Wally!" I shout flying after him stopping him on the other side of the room.

"Ana we could've figured it all out. We could have found why they keep tormenting you, and what they want from you. We could've figured out who the mole is for crying out loud because they were all there. But Artemis just ruined all of that, so you're still in danger."

"Wally I promise everything is going to work out, and I'm not worried about the Injustice League and their plans because right now I have no reason to be worried about them. I swear I'll be fine, but you have to stop worrying about me and calm down, okay?" I wrap both my hands around his keeping his eyes locked with mine until he solemnly nods.

"Now go put that away so we can leave." I whisper against his ear pressing a soft and quick kiss to his cheek before I spin around to return to the team, but when I get back to where I left them everyone is gone except Red Arrow and Artemis.

"Red that's enough!" I demand catching both of them off guard and he reluctantly takes a step back taking a break from his taunting. I exit through the other door not wanting to say anything else to either one of them at the minute. Life has been hard enough and the last thing I need is the events from today piling on top.