Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:32:15 -0800 (PST) From: Adam Subject: Teenage Justice League - Chapter 11 The characters of Green Lantern, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Wonderwoman are all trademarks of DC Comics. The same goes for any characters that may be mentioned, even if they are not alive. As for the new version of the Justice League...besides the name of Nightwing are all my own creation, with the exception of Virtue, which comes from my friend, Saphire. How was everyone's Holiday Seasons? I hope you had a good time just like I did. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teenage Justice League Chapter 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Time for your medication Mr. Luthor." Lex looked up, the voice in his cell was one he had never heard. His eyes focused on a pair of blue eyes that emerged from the dark and stood over him. He could now see the face of a young black man, one he had never seen before. The man was dressed in a white nurses outfit, even had a badge with his picture, but Lex sensed that this man did not belong in the prison, not as a medical aide or guard. "I usually take my pills at five...why the change today?" Lex knew the question would throw the man off even if he was a guard. That would at least give him some more time to think about the situation. "This isn't the pill you usually take. This is rat poison, I thought about something more advanced, or even a little more friendlier, but then I figured I ought to just watch you suffer. You know, some stomach pain first, or maybe a headache, then you'll just croak." The man laughed a little, but he kept his voice down. "Who the hell are you?" Lex asked in a harsh tone, but he knew he could do nothing to stop the man. He was stuck in his bed, unable to walk or stand up for himself. He could only try to think of ways to get out of this situation. "I'm afraid of your niece, you know the crazy little bitch you influenced? Christ is she a nut job. Anyways, I worked with her for a little bit, but I think you were too much of a driving force. I figure with you out of the way she'll start thinking more clearly and we might have a chance of beating Superboy and his buddies. But with you in jail all she wants to do is break you free. So, like I said, I'm gonna kill you." Kendral replied with a smirk, for the first time in his life Lex seemed to be trapped, no option but death was on the table, and he couldn't cheat it. Kendral stepped forward and pulled open Lex's mouth, forcing the pills into his mouth and then with his hands he forced the man's jaw to chew up the pills, holding his mouth shut until he swallowed. He stepped back with a smile, and took a seat on the floor. "Ya know, I could have just broken you out, I thought about that first. But then I thought why should I? Cuz Jessie's still in prison, and I have to break her out, which will be tough enough, since she hasn't even been put on trial yet. And then their was you, I didn't think you would even wanna break her out, you left your own nephew for the cops, so I knew I had to kill you. I know you understand, you wrote the book on criminal alliances...you only keep your friends alive when they are needed to do your dirty work. Jessie will be really pissed, and their will be enough evidence to make it look like the nurses did it, then we'll go after the government, the big stuff. None of this rinky dink shit she's into now." Kendral laughed and stood up. He watched Lex's face contort in pain as the pills started to take effect. "I was even thinking of breaking out your nephew, making this more of a family operation, I'll check into that after I break Jessie out. Now you just sit back and relax Lex, soon enough you'll be standing by the pearly gates, waiting for that little door to open and for you to fall into hell. Who knows? Maybe you'll see me there in a few years, or maybe I'll be lucky enough to be as old as you." Kendral laughed and tossed his badge down on Lex's body. He pulled the door shut and slid through the shadows of the building and out the same maintenance door he had gotten in at. He walked out into the dark of the woods outlining the building and tossed off his shirt. He stopped behind a tree as his body morphed into his night form, and then stalked off towards his hideout. Tomorrow would be another big day of planning. Adam shivered as he woke up, their were no covers on the bed, and their was no warm body beside him. He rubbed his eyes and sat up, sure enough Cody wasn't even in the room with him. Standing up he walked out of the room to find that the whole station was seemingly deserted. He managed to find Lois, who just hushed him from talking and motioned for him to follow her. As they made their way down the hall they stopped in front of the practice room. The whole group was working on their skills, all of them were dripping with sweat, with the exception of Pyro and Jasmine, who both found that rather hard to do because of their condiditions. Adam and Lois smiled at each other, surprised to see the whole group working out and practicing with out instruction. After about five minutes of watching, they were finally caught when Tiger picked up on their scent in the room. All of the group stopped, a little surprised to have spectators. Cody just laughed, and walked over to them. He gave Adam a kiss on the cheek and then gave his mother one. "You two finally woke up. It's about time, because even you two have to get some training in." Cody laughed as he took the cup of coffee that his mother had in her hand and downed it. "In the mean time, I think the rest of us are going to hit the showers. I'll be back to check on you." Cody smiled and walked away towards his room, the others did the same, heading towards their own rooms. Adam looked at Lois and laughed out loud. "Was he serious?" "I think so." Lois replied with a smile. "But I think we can get out of it." she laughed. "Come on, we'll do some work on the control system and the radio, that should count as our training." Adam smiled and followed her towards the control room, they both took seats near the panel and waited. Not much was really going on, it seemed to be an all together peaceful day. "Maybe this won't be so bad though, I mean, I'm going to miss Green Lantern, but maybe we'll get to learn some mistakes so we won't make them in the future." Adam replied, searching all the screens for any signs of trouble. He found none, and leaned back in his chair, content to spend the whole day just like that. Of course, everyone else in the station was not content to spend the day relaxing, and Adam wasn't very surprised to hear the alarm ringing for a meeting. Although he was wondering who had signaled it. Adam came in and took a seat, Cody was standing at the front of the room, and Adam knew that he had been the one to pull the alarm. The others all took their usual seats and waited for him to say something, none of them complaining like usual. Adam was shocked to see the turn in behavior of some of his friends, he especially didn't think he would ever see Pyro sitting quietly for a meeting. Finally Cody began to speak. "Green Lantern is gone, but that doesn't mean we are going to fall apart. We've come this far with him, and we can go even farther without him. Pyro, Jasmine I want you to go down to Earth and do a quick check to make sure all is in order. Nightwing, head down to the dock and check on all the gear, I think some of them could use a tune up and I know you can handle that." Nightwing smiled and left as he had been asked, Pyro and Jasmine realized they should do the same and took their leaves as well. That just left Adam, Lois, and Tiger at the table. "Tiger, I want you to head down to the security council meeting at the UN and make sure all goes as planned. I'll be down shortly to give my assistance." Tiger shook her head and leapt from the table. Before anything else could be said the sound of a phone went off and Adam rushed out of the room towards the control room. Their was only one phone in the entire station and it was a closed line, open only from the UN and other governments of planets. Adam picked it up quickly. "Space Station Justice League." he answered, a little out of breath. "This is Captain Fredericks from Arkham, to whom am I talking?" "Adam, sir." "Oh, hello Adam. I have some wonderful noise for you and the others. Lex Luther was found dead today in his cell, seems he killed himself last night with some rat poison. Ashame he got to go out in such a peaceful way. I only wish it would have been more agonizing for him." The Captain laughed and Adam found it hard not to join in the laughter. "Well thanks for the news sir." Adam hung up the phone and walked back to the meeting room, a little upset that not everyone was there. This was news for them all, but he was to eager to wait until everyone was around. He would simply go and Nightwing after this, and Cody could tell the others once he was down on Earth. "Who was that?" Lois asked as Adam walked back into the room. "It was a Captain from Arkham, Lex died last night, he killed himself." Adam replied, not doing very well at hiding his smile. "WHAT?" Cody and Lois replied at the same time with huge smiles on their face. They didn't need it to be restated, instead they just grabbed each other and hugged. When they broke apart both of them were smiling brighter then they had smiled in a long time. A huge chapter of their lives had been closed. Adam just smiled as he watched them, waiting for some sign that their moment was over. "That is great news, but I have to go and meet Tiger, I'll be back as soon as that meeting thing is done." Cody rushed out of the room after giving Adam another quick peck on the cheek. Adam just laughed at his new found eagerness and walked back to the control room. Lois followed him and took the same seat she had been in earlier. "Ya know Adam, if you want to go and get a shower and get ready I'll watch the controls. In fact, if you just wanna go down to Earth and wander feel free. Maybe you'll even talk to Virtue, see if he's heard anything." Lois replied as she took a sip of her newly poured coffee. "I think I might do that." Adam replied and left the room, heading towards his own. He slid into his room and stripped naked, throwing all his clothes into a pile on the floor. He wandered into his bathroom and turned on the water for the shower, he was extremely tired for some reason, and he was going to chalk it all up to the stress that had been filtering through the station lately. But now things were seeming on the up and up. As he rinsed off his body with the luke warm water, he was surprised to find himself a little bit upset that Lex was dead. The whole thing was a complete shock to him, and he couldn't even believe that it was real, if someone had come into the room and said, just kidding he would have laughed at himself. But so far everything was real, their was no hidden camera ready to catch their faces when it was revealed to be a lie. It was just a little too real, it was like the end of a whole era. First Green Lantern up and left, and it wasn't even that he left. Usually that would mean you would know where the person went, but he hadn't even left them a message. Adam didn't even think it would be a good idea, even though Green Lantern probably knew to expect it. But to top that off, Lex was gone too. It was just different though, Adam had always expected the bastard to escape again and for them to kill him. To end his life in a just way, not for him to just kill himself. That wasn't something Lex Luthor was worthy of, not getting off the hook like that. He had never been a firm believer in the death penalty, but that didn't mean for someone like Lex that it wasn't necessary. Adam shut off the water and reached for a towel to dry off. He stepped out of the shower and wandered into his bedroom, content on taking his time getting ready, he was in no need to rush. He looked through his dresser for a nice pair of boxers and find the ones he was looking for. They were one of his most comfortable, a pair with a few holes in them, he had laughed to himself and called them easy access holes, now that was actually something they could be used for. He smiled as he put them on, grinning at how comfortable they were, which was true to say about anything that had been worn in. Next he moved onto his dresser looking for a pair of jeans. He found a pair with the same appeal, a pair with holes in the knees. He pulled them on and then found a t-shirt that had long been missed. It was strange to see it, in fact, looking at himself in the mirror he was a little mystified, he looked like the same teenager that had been picked up off the streets by Green Lantern and Lois Lane a few years ago. He pulled on the black t-shirt and then went digging for a hat. He finally found one that would do, a nice winter hat, he pulled it on and then threw his radio in his pocket. He turned and walked out of his room, content with his outfit, and already formulating ideas of what he could do to enjoy the day off. He walked down to the bay, and got a jet pack and helmet, he put them on and smiled at his friends working away at the other machines. Within a minute he was on his way down to Earth, heading down to the prison that he knew Jessie was in. For some reason he felt like he should talk to her about her uncle. Even if he could do nothing to console her, he could at least offer his condolences. The thought made him laugh though, but he knew at heart he truly was a super hero, made by being an upstanding citizen. As he landed he tossed his stuff down behind a tree and hid it carefully. He turned and tucked his hands in his pocket, shivering a little in the chilly air. He muttered something about forgetting a coat and just sighed as he made the walk towards the jail. He got no more than half way across the field he had landed in when he saw a tall form in the woods watching him. He shivered and started to work towards it. "Who's there?" He was nervous, but his voice showed no signs of it. As he approached closer the shadowed figure stepped forward, and Adam stepped back a few feet, startled by the person in front of him. "Long time no see." Kendral laughed as he swung his fist and knocked Adam to the ground. Adam hit the ground with a thud, but the hit hadn't knocked him unconcious, and he quickly rolled out of the way of a powerful foot coming down at his face. He stood up and started to run, but Kendral was soon catching up with his superiour speed and Adam knew that running wasn't going to be worth it. He would be better off just reserving his strength for what was to come. "You don't need to run away, I'm not going to hurt you or anything." Kendral laughed, swatting Adam to the ground again, this time with a less powerful punch. Adam rolled over in pain, none the less, rubbing his cheek. "I just wanted to talk, then you started to approach me, I wasn't going to do anything like this, but you had to cause a problem." Kendral laughed, kicking Adam in the gut and watching the smaller man roll in pain. "I have to say though, I do like your outfit though, it makes you look just like one of the guys. You'd even fit in as a criminal." "Fuck you." Adam replied, trying to stand up, but falling back to the ground in pain. "You shouldn't say things you don't want to happen Adam. I've been out in the woods for a day or two, but already I've figured a lot of stuff out. Like being nice didn't get me anywhere, I had to escape from prison because no one understood that I had been tricked into helping Jessie. And my brothers are in child welfare, no better than they were from the beginning. So I had to work things out for myself. It's not hard though, I'm pretty smart." Kendral laughed as he kicked Adam in the stomach again, this time knocking the wind out of him, and leaving him choking for air. Kendral walked around him like the wolf that he was, eying him up. Finally he stopped above the boy's head and lifted him to a standing position. He let Adam go though, and Adam simply fell to the ground again, causing another laugh to come from the strong teenager's throat. "I had to get rid of Lex, the old bastard just complicated Jessie. She made to many mistakes worrying about him. So now when I break her out it will just be the two of us, and we'll do very well ya know? Of course, we aren't a complete team yet. After I get her out we're gonna break out her brother. But we'd still need more. After all, the Joker had Harley, and Lex had his secretaries. Every true criminal mastermind needs his lover, someone devoted solely to him." Kendral laughed, and Adam shivered at what he knew Kendral would say. "What about Jessie, she won't let you be in charge? She's a leader, not you." Adam replied, finally able to at least sit up and look at the face that was speaking to him. "No, she was a leader, but she got us caught. And now with her uncle out of the way I think I can change her ways a little bit. Plus she's not a dude, remember I don't go for the ladies. That's where you come into play. Like I said, I've been in the woods for a few days now, and before that I was in prison. Well, prison ass isn't trust worthy, never know who has a disease. and thieir isn't a man in the woods for miles. Believe me, I've checked. So, if you are good enough for Superboy, then you're probably good enough for me." Kendral pulled Adam to his feet and held him still, his hands squeezing Adam's arms. Adam tried to fight him off, but Kendral was stronger them him on any given day, and after the beating he just took he wasn't even a close match. "It's not that bad, I'm good in bed, I have a nice body, and I'll treat you good if you behave.You just need to loosen up a little bit." Kendral replied, as he tugged Adam's pants down with one easy swipe. Adam froze in panic. He was actually being sexually harassed by Kendral, not just like the other day in the warehouse, Kendral was actually doing stuff this time. He had no way of doing anything to stop the situation, his mind locked up and he remained frozen as Kendral eyed him up. After a minute of staring, a minute that felt like an hour, passed, Kendral started roaming his hands over Adam's ass, and within a moment had found the holes in his boxers. Adam heard the sigh of content as Kendral pushed a finger into the hole and then probed up and down Adam's ass crack, lightly running up and down it. "Please, don't" Adam muttered silently, it had little effect over Kendral who just pulled his finger out and shoved it in Adam's face. "Lick it, or I go in raw." Adam began to suck on the huge finger as tears ran down his face. After that, he forgot all that happened. Hours later he woke up in the space station, his head hurt like a bitch, and he could remember very little past the point of sucking on Kendral's finger. As his eyes adjusted he could see that all his friends were in the room, including Virtue, a surprise to his recovering mind. "What happened?' He asked, his voice a little hoarse. "Let me speak to him alone, please." Virtue spoke to the rest of the room, and Adam was surprised to see them all filter out, even Cody without so much as a complaint. "How are you feeling?" "I hurt." Adam replied with a soft laugh. "That is understandable. You were attacked by Kendral today, he beat you and I'm assuming attempted to rape you, although that attempt was not a success. It seems at some point in the ordeal you knocked him out." "with what?" Adam asked confused. "I was on my way to check on you, I've been keeping a personal watch on you, and I'm keen on picking up your scent all ready. As I flew within a mile of you, eyes could already see you, and at that point I could see Kendral with his hands on you, I picked up speed, and kept an eye on you, but within half a mile I watched him fly backwards, as a rock came crashing on his chest. You fell to the ground unconcious. By the time I got there Kendral was gone into the woods and you were my top priority. I found your radio and called for your friends, and insisted that I return with you." Virtue replied with a warm smile. "Well, what happened?" Adam asked, still confused by who threw the rock. "I believe that you are stronger than you know Adam. I think you threw the rock with your mind, I think it took a lot out of you, but I believe that with practice you could harness it as a powerful tool." Virtue replied with another smile. "I don't know." Adam replied, the whole thing sounding so strange to him. "Wait, what about Jessie, Kendral was talking about breaking her out. We have to stop her." Adam sat up quickly and the whole room went spinning, he fell back to the bed and laid still. "It is too late I'm afraid, we got the alert that they were on the run as soon as we got you back here. Moments later we were warned about the brother being freed as well. The police are handling it for now, Cody and Lois agreed we should wait to see your condition before rushing into things." Virtue replied. "Can you send Cody in for me?" Adam replied, Virtue shook his head and walked out of the room, minutes later Cody came walking in, a look Adam wasn't truly familiar with was on his boyfriend's face. "I'm sorry." "For what?" "For not being there to help you. He could have raped you." Cody spoke softly, and Adam knew the look was fear. "He tore you apart, look at your boxers and we didn't even find your jeans." Adam couldn't help but laugh. "I'm sorry, my boxers were like this before I left. But I don't know what happened to my jeans." Adam replied. "Well, I'm going to take care of him for you, he's going to take pay. But in the mean time, I think you should get some rest. Virtue has some stuff he wants to talk to the rest of us about, and my mom is goign to watch over you for a little while. Just, please, get some rest." Cody bent down and kissed him gently and walked out of the room. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for it being a little shorter, I just wanted to get a chapter out. If you liked the chapter please send me mail telling me so. If you didn't like the chapter, send me mail to me that too. LOL, I just like to recieve some type of feedback. Anyways, just another remind, I've changed my e-mail address, it is now liberateme03@yahoo.com So if you have anything to say, remember to send it to my new address and not the old one. Thank you.