Cracking An Enigma (a YJ fanfic) COMPLETED

Chapter Five: The Dream Team

"Find a balance in the middle of the chaos."
Imagine Dragons, Zero

AT THIS POINT, I WAS SO SCARED, I THINK MY HEART STOPPED BEATING FOR TWO SECONDS OR SO.

This. Is. Terrifying.

"Big K, little r! The atomic symbol for krypton!" KF said in awe. "Clone?"

"Robin, hack." Aqualad ordered.

"Right, right." He said hastily, as I stared at the boy. He looked a lot like Superman actually. "Weapon designation; Superboy, a clone force grown in... sixteen weeks! From DNA aquired from Superman!"

"Stolen from Superman," I corrected.

"No way, the big guy knows about this." KF stated.

"Solar suit allows him to absorb sun radiation 24/7."

"And these... Creatures?" Asked Aqualad, gesturing to the animals in the pod.

"Ginomorph gnomes, telepathic. Force feeding him an education."

"And I suppose we can guess what else," I said quietly. "They're making a slave out of... Well, Superman's son. Cripes, that's some rather heavy stuff."

"Now we contact the League." Aqualad said seriously. He touched the symbol in his belt, but to no avail.

"No signal," Robin mumbled.

"We're in too deep..." I whimpered, running a hand through my hair.

"Literally," added KF. "This is wrong," he suddenly said, all serious. I had to agree.

"We can't leave him like this," Robin voiced my thoughts for me.

What Aqualad said next almost made my heart explode. "Set him free."

Say what now?! I accepted death a long time ago, but this is too much. Are they asking for a death wish?!

"Do it," Aqualad said sternly.

Robin typed on his computer thingy, and the pod doors lowered. The boy was still for a moment, before he moved his hand, and made a fist. I found myself backing towards the door.

Don't be stupid, run while you can!

Then his eyes snapped open, and he went straight for Aqualad, slamming him into the floor. "Shoot!" I said, running over to him, trying to restrain him, with Robin and KF.

"Woah, easy Soupy! We're on... Your... Side!" KF tried to speak, but he was thrown off, and probably went out like a light. I was thrown off with him, and I went out too.

Widow's going to kill me.

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The first thing I heard when I woke up, was voice inside my head, which really freaked me out. The others were already awake.

"We only sought to help you," Aqualad said quietly, before KF jumped in, and snapped, "yeah, we free you, and you turn on us! How's that for gra-"

"Kid! Please be quiet now. I believe our new friend was not fully in control of his actions."

"What if I-" the boy paused. "What if I wasn't?"

"He can talk?" KF said in disbelief.

"Yes. He can." The boy said angrily back.

"Not like I said it," KF tried to defend himself.

"So... The ginomorphs taught you. Telepathically." I said bluntly.