Young Justice (A Fifth Harmony Story)

Arc 1: Part 6

Six year old Dinah laughed, as she walked down a carnival with her parents. She squeezed the Flash plushie her father had won for her.

Screams started. People started to run in different directions. Dinah gripped her mother's hand, leaning into her mother. "Mommy?"

"It's okay. The Flash is going to save us."

Dinah nodded her head. She froze when she saw a man stand in front of her. He smirked at the family of three.

"Close your eyes," Dinah's father told the girl, who did as she was told. She closed her eyes, waiting for the Flash. He was going to save them. She just had to wait.

The Flash was coming.

He was going to be there soon.

She knew he was going to save them.

"Are you okay?" she heard someone ask. She opened her eyes to see the Flash standing in front of her.

"You came," Dinah whispered in awe. "You saved us."

The Flash didn't smile. Dinah looked behind the masked hero, to see her parents on the ground.

"Mommy, Daddy, wake up! The Flash is here!" Dinah exclaimed, her eyes filled with excitement. She tried to take a step forward, but the Flash pushed her back. She looked up at him, tears filling her eyes. "Did you save them?"

"I'm sorry," the Flash whispered, looking at Dinah.

"No," Dinah shouted, her little fists slamming at the Flash. "You didn't save them!"

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"Jason? Y-you are dead? Bruce told me you died," Lauren whispered, a frown on her face.

Jason let out a chuckle. "I did. I should be dead. I don't know why, but I was given a second chance."

"Does Bruce know?"

Jason gave Lauren a look, before laughing. "It's not time. Not until he is dead."

Lauren didn't respond. She just stared at him. She had been brought into the fold after Jason's death, but she knew of him and had seen stories. The second Robin's death had been a learning lesson to all of Bruce's sidekicks.

"The Joker should be dead," Jason muttered, staring out into the city. "He should be in the ground, but Bruce is above that. He's willing to let people die just to have a clean conscious." Jason turned to Lauren. "If he would have gotten off his high horse and ended the Joker's life after he killed me, your parents would still be alive."

Lauren clenched her teeth, feeling tears fill her eyes.

"He's letting innocent people die, and he's not doing anything about it."

Lauren looked at Jason. "What are we going to do about it?"

"I"m going to help you kill him. No one is going to stop us until he's dead. We'll have to fight your team, would you be willing to do it?"

Lauren gave him a nod. "We aren't friends. I don't care for them. I want Joker dead."

"Tell me exactly what you want Lauren," Jason whispered, a smirk on his face.

Lauren looked out to the city. "I want to watch him take his last breath. I want to watch the light leave his eyes. I want to pull the trigger."

Jason's smirk grew. He took a step back. "I'm going to find him. Just wait for the signal."