6Chapter Uploaded: 16 June 2014
Chapter last Updated: 19 June 2014
Disclaimer: I do not own either Campione or Young Justice, if I did then I would have not only have made more episodes involving the first six but also shown more of the second robin then just a few minutes of his memorial in the background (they didn't even mention him once). I also do not own the Naruto Shippuden opening 'Blue bird', of which the English version sung by Emma Cherina was a part of the inspiration of this crossover.
Prologue 1: How it all started: Leaving
Silence; despite the now slowing sound of the running speedsters ahead of them, the howling winds surrounding them and a number of objects falling to the snow from slackened fingers, none it was acknowledged by the group of young heroes.
Kid Flash was gone.
Not by bullets, lasers or even magic. He had been taken instead, ironically, by a flash of blue light for being too slow.
Never again would they hear him make bad jokes at inconvenient times, watch in morbid curiosity as he ate them out of base and cave or again experience the way a room just felt brighter when he walked in.
Kid flash was gone.
And then things got even worse.
Due to the shock of KF disappearing, both Flash and Impulse had forgotten Luthor's earlier words and slowed down, without realizing it, before the energy had fully dispersed.
Nightwing, having seen this, looked at Conner, pointing at an area in front of them, "Conner, throw me".
Superboy, still shaken up from what he had seen, took a moment to process that he had been spoken to, "Wait, what?"
Showing the urgency of the current situation, Nightwing snapped, "Throw me, now!" Superboy responded to the order instantly, sending Nightwing hurtling through the air. While still in the air, He drew one of his escrima sticks and threw it. His aim was perfect, the Flash, still shocked at the disappearance of his nephew didn't notice the new obstacle in his path, causing him to trip.
At the same time as this, Artemis had reached the same conclusion as Nightwing, "M'gann, launch me", like Superboy, M'gann was caught off guard by this order, but complied with a telekinetic push, when she saw the combination of fear and desperation in Artemis' eyes. Still in the air fired an arrow, at the ground where Impulse was about to run.
In near perfect synchronisation, Flash and Impulse, tripped over their respective obstacles causing them to slow down enough that Nightwing and Artemis were able to reach and grab them.
As Nightwing reached Flash he smiled sadly and said, "The world needs the Flash more than it does me" Even with his speed, due to the shock of everything that had happened in the last ten seconds, Flash was unable to do anything more than widen his eyes before he was thrown away from his current position, causing the energy that had yet to disperse hit Nightwing, making him disappear in a flash of blue light.
Concurrently, Artemis, caught hold of Impulse saying, with a small amount of sadness in her voice, "Wally knew what would happen, you've got a bright future, make us proud Kid" Before rolling over him and using that momentum to throw out of the oncoming energy's path, Impulse having gone slightly limp from realizing just what she had meant. Before, she too, disappeared in a blue flash.
On the side lines both Superboy and Miss Martian, arms still outstretched, looked on in shock, realizing that they had just sent their teammates to their deaths. Both fell to down to their knees over the fact that they had just lost three teammates in less than a single minute.
Due to the fact that his thoughts moved infinitely faster than any regular human, Flash came to terms with what had happened, in exactly seven point five three seconds, before, both, acknowledging that the three young heroes really were gone and realizing that he didn't have the time or resources available to see what happened, helping Impulse to his feet. "We should probably get out of here; they wouldn't want us to risk exposure to the cold"
Superboy, predictably, got angry at this, "What do you mean we should go, they're … they're gone ... and you just want to leave them".
Flash, while normally quite light-hearted, then spoke in a cool, controlled voice, "We should go, I can see things at a much higher speed than you; they're gone and there is nothing we can do for them now", his voice started cracking up at the end.
"But … I"
Panic had started to seep into his voice now, "My nephew just gave his life to save myself and Bart from something that I should have seen, both his girlfriend and someone he considered a brother did the same to save us from another threat, that again, I should have recognised. Now I have to go home and tell my sister-in-law that the reason she'll never see her son again is because I failed." He inhaled, "But I know them well enough, to know that they would not want us to waste time chasing red herrings when we could be doing what they saved us for, to mourn, to enjoy time with those we care for and to continue working to make this world a better place."
The team looked down, understanding his situation better now. No one wanted to break the silence, all lost in thought and guilt over the fact that they would likely never see the three heroes again. Each of them thinking about what they could have done differently before, after another thirty seconds Flash spoke once more.
"There's nothing more we can do here, we need to tell their families" The others silently accepted his words, not trusting their voices to not fail them.
Before, he took one last look in front of him, engraving the scene in his memory forever. An arrow and escrima stick, protruding from the snow, already being covered up, the only evidence of their disappearance.
Notes:
This is the first time I'm attempting a multiple chaptered story so don't expect any miracles from me.
As it is now I only have a very rough plan on how this may turn out, so don't be too surprised if I'm slow at updating, though the arrival chapter should be done some time in the next two weeks. However due to a number of college assignments and possible story ideas it may take a little longer than that.
Also my second story has been uploaded, please check it out.