18I do not own Young Justice, the Justice League, or anything within DC universe, or the DC comics.
BEEEEP BEEEEP BEEEEP "Security Breech! Unknown person travelling through Zeta Beams! Security Breech!" BEEEEP BEEEEEP
Alarms blared through the watchtower, jarring the young justice team awake. After a long and challenging battle with more Lex Corps robots and dealing with Lex Luthor himself, the majority of the team had decided to crash in their rooms at the tower, although, some were now wishing they hadn't. The last time there was an invasion of the Tower, the whole league had been essentially useless, and Vandal Savage was still unaccounted for.
"What's happening?" Cassie asked, as her mentor flew past in a hurry, already loosing her golden lasso.
"I have no idea, but I'm going to find out." Replied Batgirl, still adjusting her mask as she left her room. Just as she walked past Artemis' room, the half Vietnamese girl came out in full Tigress garb, looking ready for whatever lay ahead of her.
"I'm, coming too! Wait up!" Cassie complained, pulling on her shirt while trying to run to catch up at the same time.
"How could this have happened? Isn't the tower's zeta tubes insanely protected?" Cassie questioned.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean that they are impenetrable. The first time I ever used a zeta tube, I hacked into the mountain's zetas from Gotham. It is possible, it just takes a lot of skill, time, and patience." Batgirl replied, not losing the battle hardened look in her eye, despite reminiscing about her first time using the zeta beams.
M'gann flew out of her own room and stopped the girls just as they were reaching the hallway that connected the girls' wing to the boys.
In the next hall, the boys where in the same sort of organised disarray, yet still managed to make it to the connecting location at almost the same time as the girls. Aqualad, Robin, and Superboy were already dressed and looking combat ready, but Bart, Jamie, Virgil, and Gar still looked mostly asleep.
Aqualad wasted no time and already began issuing orders and preparing the team for whatever lay ahead. "Alright team, let's go. We cannot allow them to get into the tower. The league will be the main line of defense, but we must be ready to deal with any threats that might get past them. M'gann, Tigress, Beetle, Static. You four will remain towards the back of the lines." There were several muttered complaints and groans. "You four are our distance hitters, and in this situation, we need to be as space conservative as possible. If whoever the invaders are do manage to get past the league, we will be fighting in close quarters. Superboy, Batgirl, Robin, Wondergirl, Beast Boy, KidFlash. We will be the close range combatants. Remember, do not engage unless the league asks for help, or if they are subdued. We are only assistants in this scenario, not the main force. M'gann, link us up."
The team and the league both assembled with a view of the Zeta tubes, waiting for the person to port in. Suddenly, the familiar blinding light of the zeta tubes appeared, warning both teams inside the tower. However, only 1 silhouette appeared against the background of bright light. One sole man stepped out of the zeta tube. Dressed in what looked to be a karate style robes with a thick, decorated border, the invader had a powerful aura about him. He seemed to exude power. Dressed in black combat boots, black karate pants and shirt, with small red dragon decorations embroidered into them, a short black hood that hid his hair, and a black metal mask that covered his lower face and hid his identity, this man looked dangerous.
Batgirl quickly spoke into the minds of the others. 'guys, be ready. He has at least 1 dagger, 6 throwing knives, (2 in his boots, 2 in his sleeves, 2 in his belt), 2 swords strapped to his back, and untold other weapons and training. This guy is built to kill.'
'Then we had better hope that he doesn't try to kill anyone, or we could have a very serious fight on our hands.' Kaldur relayed, his mind projecting his thoughts to the other members of the team.
'There is something about him that seems familiar…' thought Robin.
'Dude, the guy looks like he just jumped out of Mortal Kombat! No wonder he looks familiar!' Beast Boy replied.(1)
'Doesn't he look like Scorpion?' Bart agreed.
'I know, scarab, but how right are they? He does look like a proper video game assassin!' Jamie thought back at the beetle attached to his back.
'keep the link clear.' Came Superboy's mental voice, scaring the younger members of the team back into focus.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Batman asked, the first of the heroes to regain his senses after first seeing the person.
"Its not what I want, its what I can give you." came the cryptic reply from behind the metal mask strapped to the man's face.
"Okay then, what do you have to offer us?" asked Superman, ever the peace keeper.
"Besides years of advanced combat training and uncanny knowledge of the underworld and its infiltrations into modern society, as well as the inner workings of The Light and its affiliates…" The man paused and looked directly at the young justice team, standing behind the league members. "I can return one of your own, one whom you have lost."
There was a quiet murmuring through the crowd, especially near the young justice team.
"One whom we have lost? WHO?" whispered Cassie.
"I bet you any amount of money he is talking about Wally." Robin whispered to Batgirl, who nodded in reply.
"Do you think he can do it? Do you really think he can bring someone back to life?" M'gann asked Conner, who simply shrugged.
"Rule number 165, always pay attention to the strange man who always speaks cryptically. It always pays off." Muttered Bart, mostly to himself.
"HOLD IT!" Batman's commanding voice rang out, silencing the crowd. "First off, how do you expect us to trust you. You just broke in to one of the most secure buildings in the world, and start spewing promises that we have no idea whether or not you are intending to keep. Second, a person like you doesn't do something for free. IF we can trust you, what do you want from us?"
"Simple. I want to join your team." Another ripple of murmuring broke through the crowd, but the man just continued to talk. "I feel that I have skills that could benefit your team, and I want a place to stay. Somewhere to train and keep the rain off."
"But for how long? How do we know that you won't betray us?" Green Arrow's voice spoke up amongst the murmur of the crowd.
"Very simple, rich boy." Even behind his mask, you could see Arrow's eyes growing wide at the nick name. "In my family, betrayal means immediate death and shame to anyone. Now, it happens that I have been shamed amongst my family and forced to leave, but that does not mean that I have lost any of my values. I will not betray you. You have my word."
"Not good enough." Batman's gravelly voice broke through again, interrupting anyone before they had a chance to speak.
The man turned and looked directly at Batman before speaking. "Then I swear on my parents' graves that I will not betray you. You must know the importance and gravity of the oath to which I have just committed, Detective." The pseudo-ninja's voice was solemn and grave, sending shivers up and down the backbones of many of the people present. Batman himself stiffened first at the words of his oath, then again, even more, at the name.
"I think we will allow you onto the team on probation. What's your name, son?" asked Superman, walking up to him placing his hand on the boys shoulder.
"First, don't touch me." Stated the man, knocking Superman's hand off his shoulder. "Second, my name is Dragon Warrior, Drago if you must. Third, I will wait 48 hours. After that, I am going to need to know just who you want me to bring back."
"No need!" Tigress spoke up "I think we already know whom we want you to bring back." With barely a glance to the other members of the team, who all nodded in agreement, Tigress spoke up again. "We want you to bring back the former KidFlash..."
"Wallace West." Finished Drago, shocking everyone present that he knew who KF was. "He disappeared last year near the north pole due to one of the magnetic disruptors, I believe." Drago proceeded to walk slowly towards the team of young heroes. "I know of him and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. He is probably the easiest person to bring back. Now. In order to bring him back, I am going to need a few supplies from you; namely, a high powered portable computer, one of the depowered disrupters, some space to work in to modify the disrupter, and all the speedsters on your teams. Within 48 hours, we can go rescue your vanishing speedster."
No-longer a spoiler disclaimer
1 I do not own Mortal Kombat or any characters from it. legit, I don't even have the game...
Drago is an O/C that I created, and there may be another O/C down the line, who knows.