Look it had to happen eventually
Title: Comic Books and Other Artifacts of Maddening Power
Fandom: Young Justice
Characters/Pairing: The team (with epilogue featuring comic book counterparts)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 734
Summary: Young Justice discovers a 90's comic book of the same name. Hijinks and the like, etc.
A/N: Written for a prompt on
yj_anon_meme. Anonymity is not my strong point. Warnings for crack and pointlessness.
"Okay, this is not on," Artemis snapped as she strode into the common room. Everyone looked up in time to see her slap a comic book down on the coffee table.
M'gann floated over for a look. "Young Justice…?" she read, perplexed. "Isn't that us?"
"Like hell," Artemis spat. She jabbed an accusatory finger at the cover. "Since when am I some white girl who wears a freaking pleated skirt into battle?"
"That's not what my costume looks like," said Robin, with some consternation, from where he'd materialized over M'gann's left shoulder.
"Forget your costume," Wally interjected, "what the heck is this?" He gestured to the boy surrounded by cartoon speed lines.
Artemis tilted her head. "It's an improvement."
"Hey!"
Robin snatched the book and flipped through the first few pages. "No way," he said. "This is totally not us. I'm the only one with the same name, and - dude, that's not even me. I don't talk like that."
"What, with grammar?"
"Shut it, pleat girl."
While they were distracted, Superboy took the book from Robin's hands and skimmed a few pages. Suddenly, he looked stricken. "Is that supposed to be me?" he asked to no one.
Everyone crowded up around his shoulders to look. There was a tense pause, and Robin and Wally immediately broke down into hysterics.
"That's you!?"
"Dude, what are you wearing--"
"The hair! The hair!"
"Since when do you smile?" Artemis interjected, perturbed. "It's a little creepy."
"I don't know," said M'gann. She took the book and tilted it this way and that, examining the image with a critical squint. "He's kinda cute. I mean, not as cute as - not that, um - erm, what about me and Kaldur?"
"What about us?" Kaldur asked, poking his head around the corner.
Wally immediately dashed over, grabbed him by the elbow, and dragged him over to the table. "Dude, you have got to see this."
Robin snatched the book and held it up eagerly for Kaldur's appraisal. Kaldur leveled a suspicious look at the group, as though he suspected foul play, and gingerly accepted the comic book. He turned several pages, his expression growing more perplexed with each one.
Eventually, he cleared his throat. "I do not think that even Wally is quite as…" He paused. "Energetic as this 'Impulse'."
"That's what I thought," said Wally, and then, indignant, "what do you mean, even me?"
"Red Tornado has a personality," Superboy pointed out. He sounded as if the ground had dropped out from under him.
"Personality!?" Artemis stole the book back and flipped pages until she found the one she was looking for. "He has a girlfriend!"
Everyone stared. Kaldur opened and closed his mouth a few times, exactly like a fish would, and at any other time, he probably would have been mocked for it.
M'gann recovered first. "This 'Super-Cycle'…it seems familiar." She looked at Superboy. "Doesn't it seem familiar?"
Superboy tilted his head at the picture. "I don't know where I've seen it before, but…yeah."
"This is nuts," said Wally, both hands in his hair.
"It's like somebody's been spying on us to write some warped story about our lives and just totally butchered everything about it," said Robin.
There was a moment of silence.
"Did anyone else just feel a chill?" Artemis asked.
Kaldur took the comic book from her hands. "Perhaps it would be wise for us not to contemplate this story further."
"I agree," said M'gann, worried. "Something about this is making my aura itch."
Wally pulled at his hair a little more. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting an agent and a lawyer so I can complain about this to both of them."
"Whatever anyone does," said Robin, "do not tell Batman."
"Oh, I'm keeping my mouth shut," Artemis announced, throwing her hands in the air.
"Let us speak of this no more," Kaldur said gravely, and shut the book.
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE:
"Hey, Rob, remember that interdimensional warp fiasco last week? I just found this tape in the back of the Super-Cycle that just says 'Young Justice 1-9', and I think it must have come from then. I'm gonna put it on the main scree--"
"No, Kon."
"What? Why not?"
"Do you want to cause a rift in space-time?"
"Come on, just the first five minutes?"
"No, Kon."
"Fine, Mom, jeez. …Hey, Bart! Wanna cause a rift in space-time?"
Fandom: Young Justice
Characters/Pairing: The team (with epilogue featuring comic book counterparts)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 734
Summary: Young Justice discovers a 90's comic book of the same name. Hijinks and the like, etc.
A/N: Written for a prompt on
yj_anon_meme. Anonymity is not my strong point. Warnings for crack and pointlessness."Okay, this is not on," Artemis snapped as she strode into the common room. Everyone looked up in time to see her slap a comic book down on the coffee table.
M'gann floated over for a look. "Young Justice…?" she read, perplexed. "Isn't that us?"
"Like hell," Artemis spat. She jabbed an accusatory finger at the cover. "Since when am I some white girl who wears a freaking pleated skirt into battle?"
"That's not what my costume looks like," said Robin, with some consternation, from where he'd materialized over M'gann's left shoulder.
"Forget your costume," Wally interjected, "what the heck is this?" He gestured to the boy surrounded by cartoon speed lines.
Artemis tilted her head. "It's an improvement."
"Hey!"
Robin snatched the book and flipped through the first few pages. "No way," he said. "This is totally not us. I'm the only one with the same name, and - dude, that's not even me. I don't talk like that."
"What, with grammar?"
"Shut it, pleat girl."
While they were distracted, Superboy took the book from Robin's hands and skimmed a few pages. Suddenly, he looked stricken. "Is that supposed to be me?" he asked to no one.
Everyone crowded up around his shoulders to look. There was a tense pause, and Robin and Wally immediately broke down into hysterics.
"That's you!?"
"Dude, what are you wearing--"
"The hair! The hair!"
"Since when do you smile?" Artemis interjected, perturbed. "It's a little creepy."
"I don't know," said M'gann. She took the book and tilted it this way and that, examining the image with a critical squint. "He's kinda cute. I mean, not as cute as - not that, um - erm, what about me and Kaldur?"
"What about us?" Kaldur asked, poking his head around the corner.
Wally immediately dashed over, grabbed him by the elbow, and dragged him over to the table. "Dude, you have got to see this."
Robin snatched the book and held it up eagerly for Kaldur's appraisal. Kaldur leveled a suspicious look at the group, as though he suspected foul play, and gingerly accepted the comic book. He turned several pages, his expression growing more perplexed with each one.
Eventually, he cleared his throat. "I do not think that even Wally is quite as…" He paused. "Energetic as this 'Impulse'."
"That's what I thought," said Wally, and then, indignant, "what do you mean, even me?"
"Red Tornado has a personality," Superboy pointed out. He sounded as if the ground had dropped out from under him.
"Personality!?" Artemis stole the book back and flipped pages until she found the one she was looking for. "He has a girlfriend!"
Everyone stared. Kaldur opened and closed his mouth a few times, exactly like a fish would, and at any other time, he probably would have been mocked for it.
M'gann recovered first. "This 'Super-Cycle'…it seems familiar." She looked at Superboy. "Doesn't it seem familiar?"
Superboy tilted his head at the picture. "I don't know where I've seen it before, but…yeah."
"This is nuts," said Wally, both hands in his hair.
"It's like somebody's been spying on us to write some warped story about our lives and just totally butchered everything about it," said Robin.
There was a moment of silence.
"Did anyone else just feel a chill?" Artemis asked.
Kaldur took the comic book from her hands. "Perhaps it would be wise for us not to contemplate this story further."
"I agree," said M'gann, worried. "Something about this is making my aura itch."
Wally pulled at his hair a little more. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting an agent and a lawyer so I can complain about this to both of them."
"Whatever anyone does," said Robin, "do not tell Batman."
"Oh, I'm keeping my mouth shut," Artemis announced, throwing her hands in the air.
"Let us speak of this no more," Kaldur said gravely, and shut the book.
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE:
"Hey, Rob, remember that interdimensional warp fiasco last week? I just found this tape in the back of the Super-Cycle that just says 'Young Justice 1-9', and I think it must have come from then. I'm gonna put it on the main scree--"
"No, Kon."
"What? Why not?"
"Do you want to cause a rift in space-time?"
"Come on, just the first five minutes?"
"No, Kon."
"Fine, Mom, jeez. …Hey, Bart! Wanna cause a rift in space-time?"