Reminiscence - A Dick Grayson Fanfiction

Chapter 11 - Of Men // Part 1

AN:

With some major exams in school now behind me I had time to actually watch the episode while writing so I decided not to use any pre-written episode script for this one.

Also I found the structure of the story more easy to handle when I wrote the whole chapter compared to when I edited already written scripts, trying to add my own stuff to it.

Please note, that until now only chapters 9 and 10 used pre-written scripts. Big thanks to ImpulseByImpulse for letting me use it as a crutch in those chapters.

Episode 2 (Fireworks) Part 1

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A scientist, Dr. Desmond, walked inside the destroyed lab and looked at the unconscious teens with a pleased smirk. The weapon was reliable, perfectly brainwashed to do their every bidding. He crouched down to inspect the intruders. Two of them were definitely sidekicks, but that other one... there was something about him. Something familiar, that made the doctor feel uneasy. He rolled the limp body on it's side and pushed shaggy strands of black hair out of the way as he inspected his nape.

There he saw what he believed he would never see again. A barcode tattoo, now barely visible under the dark hair, was neatly drawn on the skin in black ink, with 'S-TALON-1211996' written under it. With a shocked laugh, he released the boy and motioned for Dubbilex, one of the most successful genomorphs, to come over.

"Shall we place him with the others?" he asked.

"No," said Dr. Desmond "I'll handle this one."

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"Dr. Desmond, you require an audience with the Light?" a male voice echoed, the blue light of seven screens illuminating the once empty room.

"Yes, very sorry to disturb you at this late hour," he said a bit nervously.

"Just make your report." snapped someone else from the screens.

"Of course," Dr. Desmond said quickly. He cleared his throat and started awkwardly. "Well, we had a small fire, here at Project Cadmus. The origin of the incident is still unclear but it seems to have attracted some... unwanted attention. Two sidekicks, Aqualad and Kid Flash, breached security, they found and released the weapon, the 'Superboy'. Of course the clone is under our telepathic control and as ordered, turned against his would be liberators. The two are contained and we don't believe the league knows they're here. Uh..." he looks at the screen before him with unease. "What should I do with them?"

"Clone them."

"The substitutes will serve the Light and only the Light."

"And the originals?" Dr. Desmond asked.

"Dispose of them. Leave no trace."

"H-however, there seems to be an other issue," the scientist said. "The sidekicks were not alone."

"Who ever it was, they can't get out. The project has to be kept a secret." the male voice commanded.

"The thing is," Desmond continued. "The other intruder was a previously escaped experiment."

"Why didn't we hear anything from this? You haven't reported anything regarding this before. We thought you could be trusted to keep your experiments under control." another voice demanded furiously.

"Well, uh. You see, it didn't escape from me exactly," he said. "And certainly not nowadays. It's the Subject Talon..." he trailed off, waiting for the bomb to go off. A series of surprised and angry voices mixed together, making understanding anything from the shouts impossible.