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The Chips Are Down (Shadow Of A Bluejay Chapter 12)

And with that we've come to the end of season 1.

I have plans to keep writing at least into season 3 but I'm gonna try and get a head start on writing that before I start posting it. I know some people have waited a very long time for this story and I do apologize for taking so long but I hope you enjoyed it in the end.

Wordcount: 5.1k

Warnings: somewhat in depth description of a panic attack

Series Masterpost

Washington D.C December 30th, 09:16 EST

Justice league induction day finally came and you and the team were at the Hall Of Justice, watching from inside.

Seeing everything was almost nostalgic. You watched the TV screen of the induction ceremony outside. You smiled widely. You got to see Red Arrow become a member of the justice league. Your brother achieved his goal and made his dream a reality. You couldn’t be prouder of him. The experience was emotional for a few of you. Zatana— who'd joined the team after her father, Zatara became Doctor Fate— saw her father join the league. Though it wasn't really him. He was possessed by the spirit of Nabu in the helmet of fate and Rocket, who would be joining the team, saw Icon, her mentor, join the league.

“You know, I was the one who convinced Icon to become a hero in the first place. I should be outside celebrating with him, not hidden away in here” Rocket said, hands on her hips. You floated beside her and Aqualad, still looking at the screen.

“Welcome to our world” Kaldur said and you chuckled.

“Think of it as an initiation into the team” You joked and looked at the screen with pride as they showed Ollie welcoming Roy into the league.

“I can’t believe he made it” You said almost cheekily.

“Yeah! Way to go Roy!” Wally called.

“At last he has his wish” Kaldur said and Robin joined as well.

“The first of us to make it. No one’ll call him a sidekick anymore” he said.

“Since when is being a sidekick a bad thing? You sidekicks were my inspiration” Rocket said.

Robin tried to explain, "Well, see, six months ago—" His watch beeped.

Facial recognition found Cheshire taking the case you lost in New Orleans onto a jet and soon all seven of you were off to finish unfinished business.

Smokey Mountains December 30th, 10:48 EST

The team all spread out, trying to find anything useful at the crash site of Cheshire’s jet.

“How come homeland security and the NTSB aren’t all over this?” Kid Flash asked and you turned your head slightly to listen.

“Cheshire’s ID was a League alert, authorities didn’t pick it up and her jet didn’t follow it’s flight plan. Flew under the radar, literally. But the Watchtower auto tracked the jet and recorded the crash” Robin answered and you smirked.

“Then why isn’t the League here?” Rocket asked.

“Because Wonder Bird over there hacked the Justice League computer systems… Again, so that we’d get the alert first” You explained. You weren’t mad and there wasn’t a trace of judgment in your voice. If anything there was a hint of pride.

“And because Cheshire and that case represent our unfinished business” Aqualad further explained and you nodded, going back to your investigation.

“Where are the bodies?” Superboy asked and another voice rang through the valley.

“Here’s one, and it is stunning” Cheshire said, coming out of hiding very much alive and holding the case, followed by many other unwelcome surprises.

“I am flora not fauna, I am foliage not trees, what am I?” The Riddler asked, walking out to the edge of one of the many cliff faces. Your face contorted in annoyance.

A force field appeared around the valley and what looked like shadow assassins with apocolyptin weapons appeared everywhere.

“Come on, you can get this. I am shrubbery not grass, what am I?” The Riddler continued and you quickly took out your batons.

“I…” You couldn’t take his stupid voice anymore but Robin finished the sentence.

“Am bush (ambush)”

“Didn’t you think we’d be tipped you were on Cheshire’s trail? We’re tired of your interference kiddies. This is the endgame. Ordered from above and executed by their master strategist moi.” While the Riddler went on.

“You know Wonder Bird, I’m starting to get really tired of your Gotham crazies” You said, taking a fighting stance, Miss M created a psychic link for everyone and on Aqualad’s word, the fight was on.

You took out mercenary after mercenary.

It wasn't particularly hard. It was the same as when your mother tested you in the Himalayas and as you thought back to that you remembered she was expecting you today.

The fight was over quicker than you expected though. Maybe it was the larger size of the team or maybe it was better teamwork, whatever it was. You weren’t expecting to win so fast.

Mount Justice December 30th, 15:45 EST

The entire team was standing before Batman in the cave.

“Tell me if this sounds familiar. You hacked League systems, disobeyed protocol and endangered your lives… And your initiative resulted in the capture of three escaped felons, proving that warden Strange runs Belle Rev as a cover for criminal activity…Well done.” Batman said and you looked at your teammates confused but happy. You were fairly sure you’d be getting lectured about this but you were more than happy to be wrong.

“Then there’s this, biotechnology, integrated with some form of nano circuitry” Batman continued, examining one of the devices placed in the case you recovered from Cheshire.

Batman and Red Tornado took the case and zeta’d to the watchtower while Rocket ran to congratulate Icon.

Dinah came over to you and placed a hand on your shoulder.

“Even if Batman was happy with the outcome we will be having a discussion about this when we get home” She said and you sighed.

“Not like I can stop you” You mumbled and she squeezed your shoulder before going with Icon to the watchtower.

Once the adults were gone you all reconvened.

“You realize we were set up” Robin said and Aqualad Agreed.

“Cheshire and Riddler were tipped and ready for us” He said and Artemis held her head in her hand.

“Not the mole thing again” She said and that got Rocket’s attention.

“Mole thing? Again?” She asked. It was almost funny to see someone new to the fold find out about all the team’s drama… Almost.

“We had intel that there was a traitor on the team” You shared and Connor butt it.

“Namely Artemis, M’gann or me.” He said angrily and Aqualad placed a calming hand on his shoulder.

“It is more complicated than that. But your recent behavior does concern me. Your attack on Mammoth nearly got Artemis killed” Kaldur said but Connor was already walking away. “Superboy?” Kaldur once again called and Connor stopped and turned around, his voice much smaller than before.

“There’s something I need to do. Something I need to tell you” He said and you all stayed quiet and simply listened.

“Last month on thanksgiving, I went back to Cadmus, found a few things out. When I was cloned only half the DNA was Superman’s, the other half was human. That’s why I don’t have— will never have full Kryptonian powers.” He confessed but Robin stepped up.

“You sure? Cause you sure seemed to have them today” He said and you looked at Superboy, Robin was right. You had seen him fly and use heat vision in the fight today.

Connor explained further that his human father was Lex Luthor and that he had given him patches called shields that when used could suppress Connor’s human DNA. Not only that but he was ordering Connor to meet him at Santa Prisca tonight. Your eyes widened.

Before you could ponder what was going on Artemis spoke up.

“Listen, Superboy’s not the only one suffering from bad DNA” She said.

You looked at her and hoped your shock was perceived as coming from her words.

"Blue already knows but I think the rest of you should too" She said and went to the computer to bring up three files.

“My mother is Huntress. And ex con, the rest of my family aren’t even ex. My dad’s Sportsmaster and he’s sending my sister Cheshire to fly me to Santa Prisca too” Everyone was quiet and you tried to keep a sympathetic smile on your face. You knew about Sportsmaster's connections to the Shadows, it made some kind of sense for him to be there but why were they bringing her?

“I was so desperate to make sure none of you found out” She confessed and Robin stepped forward.

“I knew—" Robin said and Artemis's face contorted in shock.

"Hey I’m a detective, it’s what I do. But it never mattered. You aren’t your family, you’re one of us.” He said.

“So, who’s next?” Wally joked, only for M’gann to step up.

“I swear I was kidding” He defended but let M’gann talk.

She explained how ever since the mission to save President Harjavti Queen Bee has been blackmailing her with the knowledge of her true Martian form. When M’gann transformed into what looked like a hideous white beast you took a step back in shock and a bit of horror but you stopped. This was still M’gann. Hell this was more M’gann than she had ever agreed to show before and seeing the display of everyone coming forward… You looked down at your hands. They had started to shake with the stress.

"Blue, are you okay?" Robin whispered to you. You quickly grabbed your hands and squeezed.

"I— Um" Your breathe began to quicken.

Santa Prisca December 30th, 17:32 ECT

When you arrived you were met by a contact from the Shadows.

"Well well, look who's come crawling back to mommy" Sportsmaster said.

You squared your face.

"Why are you here?" You asked.

"Same reason you are kiddo. Dear old mom wanted me to keep an eye on you. Now suit up and let's go meet the gang" He said, smiling as he threw you a familiar black suit.

Almost every Shadow dressed the same. They were one in the same, not people agents, though not many were born into the organization.

You had turned away from him to change but he stopped you just as you were about to take off your mask and cover your face with the mask provided.

"The Lady asked that you keep your mask. So everyone knows exactly who you are." Sportsmaster said.

"What do you mean everyone?" You asked and he chuckled.

"You'll see, now come on" He said walking into the jungle and you obediently followed.

One of the things he gave you with the suit was a sword. The traditional weapon of a Shadow. It had been a long time since you used one and you testingly flexed your fingers around the hilt as you walked.

You walked in silence until you made to a clearing and Sportsmaster smiled.

"Here we are kiddo. Now you just wait back here until we call you." He said, you nodded, letting him walk into the clearing.

In the clearing stood Lex Luthor along with his robotic assistant Mercy, Queen Bee, Blockbuster and Superboy.

You faintly heard talking and you distinctly hear a helicopter landing and then the faint but familiar sound of the Bioship. Still you did as you were told and waited patiently to be called.

"There's one more arrival we're waiting for" Luthor said, turning to Sportsmaster. "Where are they?" He asked.

"You just have to call them" He said and Luthor turned over his shoulder.

"I believe it is time for you to join us Child" He said and you flew out to meet him only to stop midway.

"Blue?" Artemis asked and you looked away, flying the rest of the way to stand beside Luthor.

"This was not what I agreed to" You said and Luthor smiled condescendingly.

"Well I'm afraid mothers lie my dear" He said, "And besides, no one can keep a secret like yours for long".

"You're a Shadow?" M'gann asked, looking at your suit and you looked away.

"Well aren't you going to answer her kiddo?" Sportsmaster asked.

"It wasn't exactly my choice" You said and Artemis scoffed.

"This is what I mean, no trust" She said.

Mount Justice December 30th 16:07 (Half an hour ago)

"Blue, what's wrong?" Wally asked as you tried to swallow down your fear. If they were all going they would find out about your past whether you wanted them to or not. Your Mother lied, it wouldn't be the first time and you foolishly thought that you could escape her.

After a minute you got your breathing under control and you stood straight, though your voice wavered as you spoke, "I also need to tell you something" You said.

For a second a flash of realization passed through Robin's face but he hid it.

Of course he didn't really know.

You carefully brought your still shaking hands up to your face and carefully took off your mask, walking over to the computer display and bringing up your file. It was of course classified but after entering your password it allowed you to open an image.

You turned around to really face your friends without anything hiding your face for the first time.

"My mother has also requested I go to Santa Prisca" You said.

"Your mother?" Wally asked.

"My mother is a scientist for the League Of Shadows called Lady Lilith... " You said, trailing off.

"She created me for a project called Mother Of Shadows back when the Shadows wanted to create their own super powered agents. I was the only one that survived. The only one Child left." You explained. You couldn't look any of your teammates, no, your friends in the eyes as you spoke.

"So, you were a Shadow?" Conner asked and you nodded.

"I was trained on Infinity Island, taught everything from martial arts to swordsmanship to language studies." You said.

"When I was ten Black Canary and Green Arrow found the base I was at, they shut it down, most of the personnel escaped but they left me behind... Dinah took me in after that, she gave me a chance to use my skills for the better—" "But now the Shadows want you back" Robin said and you nodded.

"Why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you" Kaldur said and your eyes almost burst with tears as you finally met his gaze.

"At first it was for your protection. We didn't want the Shadows to go after any one to try and get information on me. Now I know they knew where I was the whole time. They let me stay with Dinah, become a hero, meet all of you, all to use it against me. By then I was so worried about how you'd react, what you'd think of me... I didn't want to lose you" You admitted.

"Your past does not define you my friend and I promise you will not lose us that easily" Kaldur said, taking a step towards you but you took a step back.

"It’s not that. I was a shadow. I’ve killed people. During the simulation we did— the train for failure one that went wrong— when I snapped I used those skills to take out as many enemies as I could! KF and Robin saw it. I have blood on my hands, I’m not like M'gann or Conner or Artemis. It’s not just where I was born or—or who I share blood with. I was an assassin! I killed people, so many people…” You trailed off at the end looking at your hands. They were no longer shaking but you could almost feel the sticky sensation of blood on them. “I was a horrible person.” You whispered and Zatana came and placed her hand on your shoulder.

“But you’re not anymore, I’ve seen it. You care about people, about their lives and their safety. You’re not who you used to be, whoever that was” She said and you looked around the room, the team— your team, nodded in agreement.

"You really don't hate me?" You asked, your voice cracked with just the single hopeful thought that maybe you would be okay.

"We could never hate you Blue" Artemis said, bringing you into a hug that soon everyone else joined as well.

Santa Prisca December 30th, 16:28 ECT

Conner looked between Artemis, you and M'gann and finally gave Luthor his answer.

"Give me more shields and I'm in too" He said.

Luthor approached him, "My boy, you're a terrible liar" He said. Conner sneered and you thought he might start a fight but Luthor stopped him with one word. "Red sun."

Luthor nodded to Sportsmaster who pointed at Artemis, you and M'gann.

"You three, follow me" He said but M'gann turned to Queen bee.

"What about Superboy?" She asked.

"He'll be fine" Replied the villainess, "He simply requires a few adjustments".

You and M'gann went to follow Sportsmaster but Artemis was still, watching as Blockbuster came to take Superboy away.

She turned to look at you for a split second over her shoulder before springing into action, shooting Blockbuster with a foam arrow and stopping him in his tracks, at least for now.

Step one in the Santa Prisca Sting Operation.

She turned to her father and nocked an explosive arrow, pulling the string. "Sorry dad, wanted to play you like you tried to play me but I can't let 'em mess with Superboy's head" She exclaimed and with only a look from Luthor you ran at her, sword at the ready.

You flipped into the air to avoid her arrow and just as you landed you threw your sword, with a little help from M'gann the hilt hit Queen Bee in the head with enough force to knock her out While Artemis fired her arrow at Sportsmaster and Cheshire— who had flown Artemis out to Santa Prisca while Sportsmaster met you.

Quickly a full fight broke out as Luthor asked for help from the island's owner, Bane and his goons and the rest of the team came out of hiding to help.

The plan was to use the opportunity as the catalyst for a sting operation to both catch as many of the involved parties as possible and to end all attempts to blackmail the team.

In the end you caught everyone with the exception of Lex Luthor, Queen Bee and Cheshire who managed to escape in the chaos.

Robin came over to join you as you looked out at the sea from a nearby cliff.

"You feeling okay Blue?" He asked.

"My Mother's still out there." You said.

"Yeah but now she can't control you anymore. You're free of her" He replied.

"So long as she's alive I won't be free of her" You told him, gripping your batons tightly. "Those aren't from GA are they?" Robin asked and you shook your head.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked. You looked down. You'd come to the cliff to try and think. Now that your secret was out, a lot could change.

"My mother is vile controlling, slime who believes she owns me. That no matter how far away I go she has some sort of a claim to me. As if she raised me, or cared for me, as if she ever saw me as more than an experiment." You said. You turned to Robin.

"Did you know she never even gave me a name? I was nothing to her." You said, anger seeping into your voice.

"Well you know what? From now on she's nothing to me. I refuse to live in fear of her anymore" You said, throwing your batons into the water as hard as you could.

You'd been sure they had trackers in them since your mother gave them to you, well now she could go and find you at the bottom of the ocean. You weren't her child anymore.

"Hey, I'm proud of you Blue" Robin said.

"Y/N" You corrected and he looked at you slightly confused.

"My name, my real name is Y/N".

Star City December 31st, 00:15 PST

Your phone rang on the nightstands beside your bed. You'd barely managed to change out of your suit before you crashed on your bed in exhaustion so while you heard the noise you were slow to pick it up, not even checking who it was.

"Hello?" You asked, though you wanted to ask why the hell someone was calling you at such a time.

"Code Black. Zeta to DC now!" Roy's voice said over the phone right before he hung up.

You blinked your eyes open, mulling over the words in your mind.

Code Black was for a compromised Justice League. technically you weren't even supposed to know about it but it but you knew a lot of things about the league you technically weren't supposed to. It was Ollie's fault really but that was neither here nor there.

"There were so many questions racing around your head but the only person who could answer them was in DC.

"I guess I'm going to DC" You mumbled to yourself.

You didn't know what to expect so while you left Dinah's apartment in civvies you had your suit tucked away in your backpack and headed to the Star City zeta tube.

Washington D.C December 31st, 03:46 EST

You walked into a rundown apartment. Roy had a few of these equipment stores/safehouses around the country and when he said D.C you knew exactly where to go.

“So, what called for the code black?” You asked and Roy knocked an arrow and pointed it at you.

“Tell me something you’ve never told anyone else.” He said and you raised your hands in a surrender motion.

“Well for starters I know what a code black is even though I'm very much not supposed to.” You said and he raised a brow.

“Something besides that. What was the first time you called Dinah mom?” He questioned and you sighed, putting your hands down.

“Never, but on patrol once I got so sick of hearing Ollie flirt with Dinah that I told him to shut up and accidentally called him dad.” You confessed and Roy threw his bow aside and captured you in a hug.

“I’m so glad it’s you” He said and you returned the affection with confusion.

“This answers absolutely none of my questions. What’s with the code black? Why that test and why call me from a burner phone at midnight Roy?” You questioned and he let you go.

“You should sit down” He said and you did.

He explained everything. Him being a clone, having betrayed the Justice League to Vandal Savage with the so called "Starro tech" as he called it that the team confiscated from Cheshire at her jet's crash site, running away from the league and Savage, being the mole. By the end of the story you saw he was exhausted, both emotionally and physically.

“I just— I just didn’t know who else to turn to” He confessed. You took his hand in yours, “Roy, I have two things to say. The first is that I don’t care if you’re a clone, you’re still my brother, you’re still my best friend and I still love you because that’s what friends do." You said, smiling at him. He looked bad. There was a band aid badly covering a cut on his cheek, his hair was messy and his eyes were red and puffy. You'd never seen Roy cry before but you pretty sure he had been before you got there. "And the second is that you need sleep. Rest for a bit. I’ll stay up and keep watch. We’ll figure this out when you’re well rested." You told him, putting a comforting hand over one of his and you were very surprised to see him actually comply, setting his head down on the table and taking a deep breath as he closed his eyes.

Roy was one of the most important people in your life, and you really couldn't care less if he was the "real" Roy Harper. He was your brother so you let him sleep and raided the cupboards for something to make him eat when he woke up.

When he did eventually wake up the two of you had tea and coffee and you told him again how you didn't care, how he was still your brother but you saw it was going in one ear and coming out the other.

In the end none of it mattered because you both jumped when you heard footsteps approaching and someone fiddling with the door handle.

Roy reached for his mask and bow while you put on your sun glasses and took a pocket knife out of your bag, hiding under the table.

Seconds later Kaldur kicked in the door. Roy knocked another arrow, pointing at him.

“I have not come to harm or apprehend you, but the team requires answers.” He said and you tried searching for any sign in his voice that he was being controlled. Any sign that this wasn’t the Kaldur you’ve known for years and fought beside for months.

“Me first.” Roy said, still aiming the arrow. “Tell me something you haven’t told anyone else, tell me who broke your heart.” Roy ordered and you sucked in a deep breath.

“Tula.” Kaldur said. “The girl I loved chose my best friend Garth over me, while my best friend on the surface world aims an arrow at my chest.” Kaldur said and you could hear the disappointment radiating off of him. That’s when you stepped out from under the table. “It’s him. No one can fake that Kaldur disappointment” you said and you noticed how you caught Kaldur off guard.

"Bluejay, what are you—?" "He woke me up" You simply said, pointing at Roy and Kaldur nodded. He must have tried to reach you. You all said you'd meet up at the cave after some rest but you never made it.

Kaldur led you and Roy to the building's roof where M'gann was waiting with the bioship.

"Blue! Where were you? We all said we'd meet at the cave" Artemis said once you, Kaldur and Roy were on board.

"I got a mysterious call at midnight" You said, tilting your head towards Roy as you sat down.

Kaldur started talking once you were once again in flight. "We were told you were the mole, but we have reason to doubt" He said.

"Forget doubt. I was the mole." Roy told him and he explained to them what he explained to you.

Taking what Batman told the team and what Roy knew you learned that Roy, like Conner was made by Cadmus and as Roy's mind cleared he remember more. He remembered Sportsmaster was his handler and how he had a secret phrase to get Roy into a hypnotic state and how it was his subconscious programing to focus suspicion on Conner, M'gann and Artemis.

"I'm sorry but, how is it that you are no longer enslaved" M'gann asked nervously.

"No Starro tech for starters, just my Cadmus programing and once I had satisfied it's last parameter my mind began to clear." Roy said.

"I'm sure Savage planned to Starro tech me too but he paused to bask and I escaped" He finished and M'gann promised to help clean any of the remaining Cadmus programming from his mind.

A couple minutes later you joined up with the rest of the team and began planning.

The Watchtower December 31st, 23:16 EST

In the end with the help of Red Tornado, Queen Mera of Atlantis, Dr. Roquette and a few others, the team created a cure and vaccine that could disable the Starro tech that Savage used to control the League and make them unable to be reinfected. The plan was to send Red Tornado, Black Canary and Red Arrow into the Watchtower pretending to have been reinfected. While they distract Savage, Red Tornado was to disable the Watchtower’s security allowing the team to sneak in and one by one infect the League with the vaccine and cure they created. So far the plan worked perfectly. The team was in and Robin confirmed that he had in fact disabled all of the Watchtower’s security measures.

“Move out” Aqualad ordered through the mind link and the team (in groups of two) moved through the Watchtower, infecting Leaguers with the Starro tech cure.

It took a while and you weren't involved in the truly hard hitting fights but by midnight you all made it to the Watchtower's observation deck. The entire League was free of Savage's control and he and Klarion the witch boy who was helping control the League were gone.

Red Tornado— now missing his limbs and laying on the ground—moved his head to look at the newcomers. “Congratulations team, you have won the day” He said in his flat Robotic voice and you all looked at each other… You did it.

The computer projected a calendar.

“Happy new year, Justice League” it said and you the calendar showed the date. January 1st. The start of a new year.

Everyone paired off, Wally picked Artemis up bridal style and they kissed, M’gann and Connor turned to each other as well and Zatana pulled Robin into a surprise kiss. You laughed seeing them all with their partners(ish) and sat down beside Red Tornado.

"Human customs still elude me" He said and you smiled, "Happy New Year Tornado".

It took a while but everyone recovered and that meant you could attend to the next thing on your priority list, Roy.

You, Roy, Dinah, Oliver, Aquaman, Kaldur, Captain Marvel, Red Tornado (whose body had been repaired), Batman and Robin all sat around the League’s U shaped table in the Watch Tower's meeting room.

“Everything I thought I knew about myself was a lie. I’m not a hero or a sidekick, I’m a traitor, a pawn.” Roy said dejectedly and all you could do was look at him sympathetically. In a matter of hours his world, his life, had fallen apart before his eyes.

“If you’re a traitor, so am I. I kept you informed about everything with the team, I was as much a mole as you” You said.

“Bluejay, Roy-” Dinah tried to say but he stopped her.

“I’m not Roy, I don’t know what I am. All I know is that I need to find the real Roy. I need to rescue Speedy.” He said and Ollie looked away at the mention of his former sidekick. “Guardian is already searching Cadmus.” Batman explained and you stood up and placed a hand on Roy’s shoulder.

"I'll help in whatever way I can" You promised and Ollie and Dinah nodded in agreement.

the three of you escorted Roy away after that. The tables had turned and now instead of him doing anything he could to help you you were desperately trying to think how best to help him. He agreed to come back to Star City and stay with Ollie, even if only for a short time and you were more than happy to stay with him.

He would have a long journey ahead of him but just like he helped you when Dinah first took yo in you would help him now.

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Performance (Shadow Of A Bluejay Ch.11)

Almost there! Next Chapter the finale!

Wordcount: 1.8k

Series masterpost

It's a short one but it's a sweet one. Those of you who've read Shadow Of A Bluebird know that Dick and Blue end up together and I wanted to lay the groundwork this time. little Dickey's got a bit of schoolboy crush.

Bruges December 22nd, 20:08CET

The lights were hot and you could feel the sweat pooling uncomfortably under your leotard.

The crowd around you roared as Robin and M'gann waved at them from the trapeze towers. You stood on Connor's shoulders, ready to make the first jump of your routine as Haly announced you all.

The Daring Dangers.

Dan Danger AKA Robin started you off strong, flying into the air on his trapeze.

Dawn Danger AKA Miss Martian was slightly less confident in her abilities but she hid it well.

Dane and Diane Danger AKA Red Arrow and Artemis didn't need to do much acting. They were both impressive archers.

Dean Danger AKA Superboy was mostly busy making sure not to let you fall while you flipped yourself into the air as Haly introduced you as the final sibling, Dee Danger.

After a few low flips Conner threw you up into the air high enough to flip over Robin and M'gann dramatically accompanied by Roy and Artemis's flaming arrows. The crowd was loving it. The flare, the drama but mostly the stunts.

Everything was going great, it was your first show with the traveling circus but you had rehearsed quite a few times. You all knew your routine well. That was until Robin missed his mark and fell in front of the crowd.

You heard M'gann call out his name through her link as Robin reminded you all not to break cover.

"Send me as high as you can" You told Conner out loud but as quietly as you could and he did, taking your ankles and flinging you into the air. You grabbed Robin on the way, helping you both keep your momentum a bit with your flight as you each grabbed onto one of M'gann's hands.

"What are you doing?" Robin questioned through the link and you smiled.

"Saving your life and try to stick the landing this time wonder bird" You told him as Miss M let you both go on the platform above and maneuvered herself into her own landing.

As the three of you waved down at the crowd you got a glance in at Robin. He was pale and sweating. "You don't look so good" You whispered.

"I think I caught that 24 hour bug that's been going around, help me down?" He asked and you nodded, carefully helping him down the ladder back to the ground.

Batman sent you on to find out what connection the Haley circus may have had to a series of high tech thefts across Europe.

Or at least that's what Robin said. Unlike usual he explained the mission, though he did say Batman asked him to. Still, this was far from usual procedure. Even when Batman couldn't give you the mission briefing himself he always found someone else to do it. Still you went. Batman given mission or no it was obvious that this was important to Robin.

You helped Robin backstage and tried to get him to sit down but he refused.

"Can you check on Dawn? I don't think she's feeling great either" He asked, making sure to use your cover names. You nodded. You couldn't force him to take a break but you would make sure to talk to him later. Besides both he and Roy seemed like they were trying to listen in to what the other performers and Haley himself were talking about nearby.

Out of the corner of your eye you saw a tall man with white hair go up to Haly and while you couldn't hear what they were saying you could see it was upsetting the ringleader. Right before he walked off you could hear the white haired man saying, "If I prove you're responsible, I will shut you down".

It looked like you weren't the only one wary of this circus.

After Haly pushed past him the white haired man turned his attention to you.

He walked over, pulled out a badge and introduced himself. "Faraday, Interpol. New act?" He asked.

"Yeah, just joined the tour" Robin said.

"Probably clears you, but don't get too comfortable. Haley's going down for this." He said, walking away.

"If Interpol is looking into this why are we here?" Conner asked through the telepathic link.

"Because batman said so" Robin answered.

You looked at Robin wearily. This was in no way a batman sanctioned mission.

Later that night, you all went out to investigate. Robin had looked over the previously stolen tech and found the location of what was most likely to be stolen next. It didn't go well.

A thief that appeared to be a part of the circus did show up and he did steal something though he also almost killed M'gann with a fire breathing trick and in the end between that and the fact that Robin was still sick the six of you retreated back to the circus.

The next day, Faraday came back right before morning rehearsals.

"Another weapons plant was hit and once again the circus is in town. I don't believe in coincidences Haly" He said.

The six of you, did your best to listen in while not appearing to do so as you got ready for rehearsal.

"I don't care what you believe. My people are not responsible." Haly argued. "I did a bed check last night, every single member of my troop was asleep in their bunks." He said and you held back the need to scoff.

"Except we weren't" you said through Miss M's link.

"And if he's lying about us..." Artemis said, trailing off slightly.

You could see Robin's eyes lower in disappointment. There was something about this mission he wasn't telling you.

After rehearsal the six of you sat down in an empty train car.

"So there's two thieves right?" Artemis asked. "The firebreather and one of the acrobats."

"Dressed in identical clothes." M'gann added.

"Maybe not just two, the Madrid security footage showed someone forcing metal bars apart and Paris's showed the thief tightrope walking on a powerline" Robin added.

"So the strongman and the clown too. If the entire circus is involved Haly himself might be the master mind" Roy said.

"We don't know that" Robin tried to defend.

"It would explain his lies" M'gann said.

"I told you to keep an open mind!" Robin said, bringing the conversation from mind link to out loud and then storming off.

"I'll go after him" You said, also out loud and followed the leotard clad sidekick.

The snow slowly fell around you and you were glad you took a coat on your way out. You wrapped it tight around you.

"Dan!" You called out but he didn't answer.

You sped up a bit to catch up to him.

"Robin!" You whisper yelled and he finally turned around. the edges of his mask were wet from tears.

"Do you wanna tell me why this mission is so important?" You asked quietly.

"I told you, Batman said—" "Cut the crap Wonder bird. Batman didn't assign this mission. So why's this circus so important?" You asked.

"I— I can't tell you" He said, traying to wipe his tears without taking off his mask.

"Batman would" You interrupted him again. "Batman's not here." You stopped for a second, not sure if what you wanted to say was a good idea.

"If you tell me, I'll tell you" You said.

Robin knew more about you than the rest of the team but that didn't mean he knew anything. He knew the reason your file and therefore your identity was classified was for security reasons. Yours and others. He just didn't know why.

After thinking it over he untied the costume mask from behind his head.

"I grew up here" He said. His eyes glistening with unshed tears.

"Before I met Batman. They— They were acrobats in this circus"

"And you wanted to prove the owner of the circus where you grew up is innocent" You surmised. He nodded.

"I'm sorry for lying to you all" he said.

"Hey, it's not like you could have told us the truth" You said comfortingly and then he looked at you somewhat expectantly.

"You have to promise not to tell anyone a word of what I'm about to tell you" You said.

He nodded, "I know why your file is classified Blue, I'm not gonna tell a soul".

So you told him how you were an experiment created by your mother to make a superpowered assassin, making sure to keep out the important tidbit about your mother's employers being the League Of Shadows.

"When I was ten Dinah and Ollie found me, I've been with them ever since" You explained.

Robin stayed quiet for a moment and then said, "That actually explains a lot" He said and you laughed, one uncontrollable laugh.

"I tell you I was an experiment secretly raised to be an assassin and you say it makes sense?" You asked.

"Well, it does. It kind of explains your behavior in the Bialiya mission, when you couldn't remember and outburst in the train for failure simulation... I'm kinda surprised I didn't figure it out" He said.

"Well, most people don't jump to the conclusion that their friends are assassins" You told him.

"You mean were, right?" He asked. You didn't even realized you'd said are.

"Yeah, of course." You said, "A slip of the tongue but we should get back to the others" You told him and he nodded, bringing his mask up to tie around his head again but he stopped.

"You've seen my face, any chance I could get a peak before we head back?" He asked cheekily and you chuckled.

"These masks don't hide anything, use your imagination for Wonder bird"

Mount Justice December 24th, 11:36 EDT

The mission went well. In the end it really wasn't Haly who was stealing the tech. You'd won the day again, M'gann, Artemis and Conner even managed to finally convince Roy there was no mole. You'd gotten back to the cave and changed back into civvies and were about to zeta back to Star City when Robin called out to you.

"Hey Blue!" He called and you turned around to meet him.

"Yeah?"

"I just wanted to say thanks, for going after me back in Bruges" He said. He was in civvies too and the two of you each looked at each other through your dark tinted sunglasses.

"Of course. It's what friends do" You told him and he nodded.

You almost caught him mumble something that kind of sounded like "Yeah, friends" under his breath before he switched topic.

"So, back to Star City?" He asked and you nodded.

"You got any plans? You know, for the holidays?" He asked.

"Well, I finally convinced Roy to stop by the house tomorrow so we'll probably order something in. D's always busy around the holidays and Ollie is a terrible cook" You joked and Robin chuckled.

"You?"

"Um, yeah" He said.

"Is it with the Bat?" You asked. "Sorta of, secret identity stuff" He answered.

"Isn't Bruce Wayne hosting a holiday gala tonight?" You asked.

"Um, yeah"

"Have fun Wonder bird" You said, punching your destination into the zeta beam and waving as you disappeared.

Star City December 25th, 20:28 PDT

Texting wasn't your preferred form of communication but since you made up with Artemis the two of you had been talking a lot more. It almost made up for Ollie giving her you number.

You were writing out a message about how lousy a cook Ollie is but there was a tap at your window.

That couldn't b e good.

It was too dark out for birds and too high up for almost anything else.

You carefully approached the window and slowly opened it, looking around. No one was there. Just your usual view.

Dinah's apartment was near the top of the building so there were quite a few rooftops at or around eye level of your window.

Then out of the corner of your eyes you saw something move on a nearby rooftop.

You looked around to make sure no one was looking, grabbed your batons and climbed out.

At this point you had a hunch as to who it was or at least who sent them so as you jumped from roof to roof you readied the batons in front of you.

"Careful Child, If you hurt me with those Lady Lilith may just take them and you back to teach you a lesson" Talia Al Ghul said, long silky brown hair flowing in the night's breeze behind her. You kept your batons ready.

"It's a defensive position Talia, I would have thought you knew that" You replied.

"Your mother has asked me to relay a message" She said.

"Oh yeah? and she got the great Talia Al Ghul to be her messenger?" You taunted. It probably wasn't the best idea. Talia was the only child of the Demon head. She was about ten years your senior and incredibly deadly.

"It was at my father's request. You are to meet our representatives on Santa Prisca, 17:30 local time."

"And if I don't?" You asked.

"Then your secret is out and you wouldn't want that." She said plainly.

You didn't stop her as she left, walking past you and jumping over rooftops.

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I've been getting back into digital art and decided to finally draw what I imagine when I write Shadow Of A Bluejay

Featuring a teaser for the next chapter "Performance"

I'm getting to the end of season 1, (though I'm moving so it's taking a while) and I wanted to have a reference for the outfits. Obviously, you can imagine it however you like. That's why I try to keep it vague and I don't describe their actual physical appearance.

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Old Memories (Shadow Of A Bluejay mini chapter)

This is gonna be the final mini chapter of season 1, after this there's one more normal length chapter for the episode Performance and one long chapter (like Ch.1) for the finale.

and then season 2 but i need less project atm so while I might start writing it, it definitely won't be coming out any time soon

Wordcount: 986

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Star City December 14th, 18:23 PDT

"You can't ignore her forever" Dinah said and you scowled at your phone.

Ollie gave her your phone number.

"She betrayed my trust. She caused us to fail that mission. I'm not gonna talk to her" You said.

"It was personal for her." Dinah tried to say.

"Doesn't matter"

She gave you a look only a mother could give, one as if to say really? You're saying this?

"It's not the same. She endangered the whole team." You argued.

"You'll find out what was in that case but she needs her friend right now" Dinah told you. Sometimes you wished she wasn't a counselor.

"But what about me? I looked out for her. I kept her secrets. I stood up for her and she lied to me. That's not what friends do" You told her.

"Maybe not but I doubt she has many friends. Do you remember what you were like when you first got here? You made your fair share of mistakes" Dinah said, taking a seat beside you.

She was right of course. When you first got to Star City you were what could only be described as a basket case. You were ten years old and had only interacted with a handful of people. You fluently spoke 7 languages but that didn't mean you used them to communicate with anyone.

When you were first introduced to the Justice League you only spoke when instructed to and that stayed around for quite a while.

4 years ago

You adjusted the mask over your eyes. You were very unused to so little coverage. A Domino mask barely covers anything really, especially as opposed to the full mask you were used to with the shadows but Black Canary had assured you that everything would be different now. That you would be free. It'd been a year and you still weren't compeltley used to the change of living with Dinah.

At first Dinah was very against you joining her to fight crime. You were so young after all but you insisted and slowly wore her down.

"I don't know how to do anything else" you'd told her until she finally conceded on one condition. You had to meet the other heroes your age.

You walked beside Black Canary to the group of assembled heroes in front of you. You recognized all of them from either TV or your training on Infinity Island. Batman, Flash, Aquaman and Green Arrow were all assembled along with their sidekicks.

“Guys, I’d like you to meet Bluejay” Black Canary introduced you and you nodded. The two of you had chosen the name together.

"You can say hello" Canary urged you and you nodded.

“Hello” You said politely and Canary turned her attention to the boys.

“Bluejay, these are Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad and you already know Speedy as well as their mentors Batman, Flash, Aquaman and Green Arrow respectively” Your mentor said and they all waved hello. You didn't seem to be the youngest sidekick there. Robin looked to be around nine or maybe 10 years old, Kid Flash seemed your age but you couldn’t be sure. Maybe he was a bit older.

Dinah looked to you and smiled, motioning her head towards the boys.

“It is nice to meet you all” You said, voice even and stoic. You couldn’t help it, You'd only been with Dinah for a few months. IN that time you'd gotten close to her as well as Ollie and Roy. You liked them, you were able to talk to them but you really weren't good at the whole socializing thing. You stood awkwardly beside Canary as Roy came up to give you a small side hug to reassure you and beckoned his friends to come closer.

With the signal from his friend Kid Flash sped over to you and held out his hand.

“Hey Bluejay— can I call you blue?— I’m Kid Flash, or KF-” The speedster said and Robin pushed him aside. “Don’t mind him, I’m Robin, funny how we both chose bird names huh?” He said.

"It is nice to meet you Bluejay, I am Aqualad but you may call me Kaldur'ahm" Aqualad said.

You didn't reply to any of them, instead looking at Roy.

He smiled at you comfortingly but didn't do anything else. Dinah had told him to be careful, to urge you to speak up but make sure he wasn't giving you permission. You had to feel it was your choice to speak.

"Hello" You said, your voice monotone.

You looked to KF, "Yes, you may call me Blue," then you turned to Robin, "I chose my name to match my mentor," You said and then finally to Aqualad, "It is a pleasure to meet you Kaldur'ahm".

Roy smiled proudly, "Hey, why don't you show them what you can do?" He suggested and the tiniest of smiled graced your lips. You always liked your powers.

"You guys are gonna love this" Roy said and took a step back to give you space.

You flew up, twisting and flipping through the air in a dramatic display, landing gracefully back in the position where you stood.

"Whoa" Said KF.

"That was awesome" Said Robin.

Your mentors watched proudly as you went along with the group, slowly coming out of your shell as you all spoke.

"So, Blue, are you from Star City like GA and Canary?" KF asked.

"That is classified" You said and he laughed before realizing you were serious.

"Wait what?" He asked.

"Classified, designated as officially secret" Robin said and KF rolled his eyes.

"I know that, but why?" He asked.

"Because it is classified" You answered.

They had a lot of patience with you at first. You kept so many secrets and that caused it's own fair share of problems but they stuck out for you and look at where you all were now. They were your best friends, your only friends really and they were always there for you.

Maybe Dinah was right, maybe you should show Artemis that same friendship.

#reader insert #dc x reader #gn reader #gender neutral reader #yj x gender neutral reader #yj x reader #young justice x reader #metahuman reader #shadow of a bluejay #mini chapter #dinah lance #dick grayson #wh wally #kaldur'ahm #roy harper

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Insecurity (Shadow Of A Bluejay Ch.10)

We're almost there! There are only two more episodes to adapt into chapters (I'm counting the finale as one long chapter) and probably two or three more mini chapters.

I promise I haven't forgotten this but usually I write during hyperfixations, right now everything's kind of slow and unmotivated because I'm not obsessing over anything.

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Warnings: Angst? Mistrust? Betrayal? honestly nothing in this series is too much or more than anything the cannon goes into

Star City December 5, 13:44 EST

You had planned to zeta to the cave right after school when you'd gotten a call from Roy asking to meet him at the Star City zeta tube.

You walked into the alley where the old police box zeta tube was, sun glasses resting on top of your head, ready to be used as a mask and with your school bag hung on your back by a single shoulder strap.

"You shouldn't wear your bag like that" Roy chided but you rolled your eyes.

"What are you doing in town?" You asked.

"I got some news from GA" He said and you cocked your head to the side.

"Oh yeah, what's that?"

Roy smiled, "Can you keep a secret?" He asked and you looked at him as if he said the dumbest thing on the planet.

"I got into the League" He said and not a second later you were running up to hug him.

"That's amazing! Congratulations!" You said.

"Thanks" He said and you looked at him wearily.

"But that's not it is it?" You asked, sure he was holding something back.

"He wants me to set a so called good example and join the team" Roy admitted and you let the statement sit before breaking out into another smile and hugged him again.

"I didn't wanna blindside you" Roy admitted.

"So are you on your way to the cave too?" You asked.

"Yeah, GA wanted to tell you guys" He said.

You pulled your sunglasses down, "then we'd better get our butts over there" You said and typed in your destination.

Mount Justice December 5, 17:00 EST

When you got to the cave Ollie was already there and excitedly announced to the team that Roy would be joining you all.

"It is good to have you my friend" Kaldur said, shaking Roy's hand.

"Recognized, Artemis B-08" Said the computer's automated voice as Artemis zeta'd into the cave.

Ollie smiled, "Artemis, just in time. Look who's agreed to join the team" He announced happily.

"Finally" Wally added excitedly, Artemis on the other hand didn't seem so excited.

"Sure, the team's needed a real archer" She said sarcastically and your smile fell.

"It's not like that" You tried to tell her but Ollie interrupted.

"Okay people, listen up. The Dynamic Duo's on a case in Gotham but Batman gave me a heads up" He said, opening the computer to project an image of Sportsmaster.

"Sportsmaster was spotted coming through Louie Armstrong International Airport in street clothes. Facial recognition picked up the ID. You need to find out what he's up to" Ollie continued.

"All of us? Seems like overkill for a shadow job." Conner said.

"Actually, I thought the sidekicks— sorry, ex-sidekicks could suit up on this. Aqualad, Bluejay, Kid Flash, Red Arrow" He said and you smiled at Roy. This would make for a good new first mission with him. You were sure this one wouldn't go like the Himalaya mission.

"I want in" Said Artemis, "With M'gann and Robin out no one's logged more hours piloting the bioship".

"Are you sure, you don't have to come" You said, trying to ease any need she may have to show she's equal to Roy. Really you, Roy, Kaldur and Wally were pretty familiar with working together and you worried Artemis would feel left out of the dynamic if she came with. Of course you weren't going to tell her that.

"Absolutely" She replied and you nodded.

Artemis, Roy and Kaldur were already suited up but you and Wally went to grab your uniforms. Though Wally would be using his biking gear, not his usual Kid Flash getup.

"Do you think Roy and Artemis will be okay together?" You asked him.

"I sure hope so. I mean, I'm happy that Roy's on the team finally but, you know" He said and you did know.

There was a tension between Artemis and Roy and for good reason. They had no real reason to get along but that wasn't necessarily the best for a group mission.

Louisiana airspace December 5, 20:34 CST

True to her word Artemis piloted the Bioship amazingly and while Kaldur set up the equipment you brought with you for the mission Roy took you aside.

"I need you to tell me everything you know about Artemis" He said.

"No" You immediately told him, "Why would you even say that, what is wrong with you?"

"She's not who she says she is and I know you know that" Roy said.

"Yeah, I do. But I'm not going to tell you. She has a right to a secret identity." You told him.

"Y/N I'm doing this to keep you safe" Roy said quietly.

"Safe from what? My friend?" You questioned but upon further looking at his expression you could see he was hiding something.

"You know something. Something about the team. What is it?" You asked.

"I can't tell you"

"Bullshit. What do you know Roy?" You asked, pointing an accusatory finger into his chest.

"There's a mole on the team" He finally said.

"What?"

"We found out during the mission in Taipei. We think someone on your team is feeding information to the enemy" He explained.

"And you think it's Artemis" You realized.

"I need you to tell me everything you know about her" Roy repeated.

"No. I've worked with her for months now. She's not a mole. She wouldn't do that" You told him.

"You can't know that" He tried to say.

"I'm not going to violate my friend's trust for your theory Roy. I love you but no." You said, turning your back to him and walking back to the front of the Bioship.

Roy was happy deep down you had a friend but why did it have to be her?

Orleans Parish December 5, 21:27 CST

The five of you split up, Kaldur took to the river, you hovered within the tree line, Wally was on a bike, Roy on boat and finally Artemis with the bioship. You had the underwater, above water, land, trees and sky all guarded. There was no way Sportsmaster could get away.

You all stayed in positions, waiting for Sportsmaster to make his move.

"Target's heading north, pursue but maintain a discreet distance. That goes double for you Artemis. Sportsmaster has proven adept at spotting Martian camouflaging when in motion." Roy said, jumping onto his jet ski as you took off, flying north through the trees.

"Be nice" You told Roy over the radio.

You followed a bit behind Sportsmaster, using the branches and leaves to keep you hidden until Roy's voice went through your radio again.

"He's stopped. Hold your positions. I'm moving in for a closer look" He said and while you didn't move much, you flew close enough to be able to keep him in your sights.

You watched him as he waited by some train tracks, and then as he caught a briefcase and ran back to his boat.

"He's on the move and he's got a briefcase" You said over the radio and went to follow him. There was only one problem.

Apparently neither Artemis nor Roy knew what hold your positions meant (even though Roy had given the order) and the two were currently in a struggle with Cheshire.

That wasn't necessarily the issue. The assassin had knocked Artemis away and was on top of Roy.

"Red!" You yelled, flying full speed into Cheshire and knocking her into a tree.

"Get away from him!" You cried, taking a defensive stance in front of him. She licked her lips.

"Little siblings, they always ruin the fun" She taunted.

She wasn't just on top of Roy, she was kissing him.

Before you could do anything though Roy was yelling at Artemis to shoot a tracking arrow onto Sportsmaster's boat.

"It's out of range" She tried to tell him but he pushed her aside and did it himself.

"I'm going after him, Blue, you stay here and deal with her" He said, running to his jet ski.

"You're abandoning?" Artemis questioned.

"I'm prioritizing" He said, riding off after Sportsmaster.

Just as he left Wally sped in and you looked at him, "Deal with her?" You asked and he nodded allowing you to quickly take off after Sportsmaster as well.

"Blue, what are you doing?" Roy asked over comms as you left the foliage of the trees to openly follow through the sky.

"I'm a smaller, harder to reach target up here" You said, just as you saw Sportsmaster sink Roy's jet ski and remove the tracker.

"Aqualad watch out he found the—" Before you could even finish there was a huge explosion from the water and you saw Sportsmaster turn his attention to you.

"Aqualad are you—" "I'm fine, you need to let him throw you off." He said.

"What?" You asked.

"Let him throw you off, Artemis, Kid, throw your fight, Let Cheshire think she's gotten away but track her" Kaldur explained and you sighed, this wouldn't be fun.

You reached into your toolbelt for a small explosive and released it right above Sportsmaster's ship. He caught it easily and threw it back at you while grinning.

"Gonna have to try harder than that little birdy" He said as they bomb exploded next to you and you threw yourself into the mud on the shore while Sportsmaster sped off.

Both Kaldur and Roy swam over to you.

"Are you okay?" Roy asked and you nodded.

"Faked the extreme, hopefully with the smoke he didn't notice he didn't actually hit me" You answered, wiping the mud off of your arms.

"We should meet back up with Kid and Artemis" You said and Kaldur agreed.

Wally and Artemis threw the fight as ordered, although only after placing a tracker on Cheshire's sword.

"Cheshire's heading north" Artemis said, holding up the small screen showing the GPS tracer.

"Sportsmaster was headed south, just like this mission" Roy said.

"Maybe he'll double back, maybe she will" Artemis said.

"Either way they'll rendezvous and we'll find them" Wally said, trying to calm Roy.

"We better, we have no idea what was in that case Sportsmaster got" You said.

"Artemis, if you had stayed in the Bioship—" Kaldur said.

"I saw Cheshire sneaking up on him" She said, pointing to Roy.

"Then you radio a warning" He said.

"And if she found you by hacking our frequency?" Artemis asked and she had a point.

"It is true, we have come to rely on M'gann's telepathy over our radios" Kaldur admitted.

"Then let's stop blaming each other and get back to tracking them. We can address all this back at the cave, right now we're losing time" You said and Wally nodded.

"Here, since clearly I can't be trusted" Artemis said bitterly, handing the GPS tracker to Roy.

You looked at Roy, as if to say look what you did but Wally quickly took the device from Roy and handed it back to Artemis.

"It's fine, I'll follow in the bioship" She said and went off.

Wally looked at Kaldur, the one who was actually in charge, "Go Kid, we three will return to the river and we will all follow as originally planned." Kaldur said, excusing himself and Wally.

You looked at Roy, "Do you still think she's a mole?" You asked but flew off before he could respond.

You and Kaldur followed the river and at some point Roy split to try a different path, he soon after radioed that he found Sportsmaster and Cheshire. Kaldur sent Wally to meet up with them first but by the time you both got there everything was over.

Mount Justice December 6, 03:21 EST

"Let me be clear. We failed. Though the Injustice League is in custody their allies still scheme and we have learned nothing of their plans." Kaldur said. Once you all got back everyone gathered for a debriefing.

"Gee, I wonder why?" Roy said sarcastically and you gave him a dirty look.

"Hey! Who found out Sportsmaster was working for Brain, Klarion and Ivo?" Artemis shot back.

"Yeah great intel, except Ivo's been in Belle Reve the whole time. And the guards just checked, it's the real Ivo, not a robot" Roy replied.

"That's enough" You told Roy, "We are a team and we talk respectfully to each other" You told him.

"Yeah, I'm getting pretty tired of you dumping on her." Wally agreed and Roy pulled out a tracer.

"Her tracker, so?" Wally said, "Cheshire ditched it"

"No. Artemis ditched that" Roy said, pulling out a different tracker, one you also recognized as Artemis's, "To send us on a wild goose chase." He explained.

"She put this one on Cheshire" He said, raising the first tracker again and Both you and Wally stopped.

"Artemis?" He asked and you looked at her shocked and expectant.

"Is this true?" You asked.

You didn't say anything after that, and neither did she.

Wally took the tracker and left, saying it would be the most fitting souvenir. He had gone off on Artemis and honestly? Rightfully so.

Kaldur went to give Batman the mission report and you stayed looking at Artemis.

By then it was just You, Artemis and Roy so he spoke pretty freely.

"You still think she's your friend?" Roy asked you before turning his attention to Artemis.

"You're not who you say you are. This isn't over, not by a longshot" He said, walking off.

"You told him?" Artemis asked, her voice broke slightly and you could see she wanted to cry.

"No." You told her plainly.

"I didn't think you had anything to prove to anyone. It seems you thought I was wrong" You said, walking off to join the others.

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Hi! Can I request a Crowley x reader x Aziraphale where the reader has long hair that Crowley and Aziraphale love to play with, so when the trio are out for a drive Crowley decides to play a prank on the reader and roll the windows down of the Bentley so that the wind messes up the reader’s hair? (Though the prank instantly backfires because the reader loves the wind and grew out their hair because of that reason)

I love your work by the way! Love from the U.K.!

The fact that someone from the UK saw my very poor attempt at writing completely in british english and liked it is just unthinkable to me, I'm so happy you like it!

I really wanted and tried to think of a good story around the request but I couldn't think of anything for the life of me so this had been rotting away in my drafts waiting. Unfortunately I'm gonna give up on this for now. I really appreciated the request but I just couldn't do it.

#I am really sorry #it's just how creativity can be sometimes #but I didn't want you to keep waiting without an answer

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hello!!! sosoosososo sw rebels. gn reader and ezra and reader have a sibling relationship. in my mind its like zeb and ezra but tamer .. if you can somehow fit hurt/comfort into the story thatd be fun!!! but ty for reading and doing this request if you do!!! 🫶🫶

I don't know if this is tamer than Ezra and Zeb but it's kinda like a mashup of Ezra and Zeb and Ezra and Sabine. That being said be ready for my favorite Star Wars ship and the parents of the Ghost family to be very good parents.

Also Hera's voice actress also voices Black Canary on Young Justice and between this and the Shadow Of A Bluejay series I think you can tell I want her to be my mom.

Am I slightly projecting? Is the reader Autistic coded? Who knows but I found myself projecting my own communication issues on Mandalorians so...

Platonic Ezra Bridger x Mandolorian!Reader

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"Y/N"...

The doors to your room opened but you didn't look up, you were after all very comfortable on your top bunk polishing your blaster.

"You know one micro movement and I can splatter your insides on that wall right?" You asked, still not looking up from your blaster.

"You wouldn't do that" Ezra said confidently.

"I might not mean to, seeing as you keep coming in here without knocking" You told the slightly younger boy. He rolled his eyes.

"I was calling your name" Ezra said.

"And I wasn't listening" You replied.

"Well that's not my fault" He said.

"What do you want anyway shorty?" You asked and that got to him.

"We are the same height!" He exclaimed.

"No we're not" You said calmly.

"It is by half a centimeter, it's the same height" He insisted.

"No. It's not" You reiterated.

"You know what, forget it" Ezra said, storming out of your room.

"Oh come on, you know I'm joking" You said, finally putting the blaster away and going after Ezra.

It had only been a few months since the kid joined, maybe you were a bit too comfortable with your teasing but you thought it was a game.

"Ezra come back here!" You yelled after the little streak of blue hair you saw running out of the open hull of the Ghost.

"What's going on here exactly?" Hera asked, she'd heard yelling and saw Ezra run off.

"He just ran off!" You told her but she raised a brow in question.

"Okay, maybe there was some teasing but he came into my room without knocking. That's against the rules" You told her.

"You gotta let up on him, he's not used to... well to you yet. And you can be a lot sometimes kid" She said. You supposed she was right. She was far from the first person to tell you that.

Still you looked out at the direction that Ezra ran to. You were parked by a mountain with some caves on Lothal, decently far from any major cities and very much in the middle of nowhere so he had to come back sooner or later... right?

Later came and he still wasn't back. It was getting closer to sunset and you were getting worried.

"He'll be back before sundown, don't worry so much" Kanan told you as you paced the hull of the Ghost. He still wasn't back. He must have been really mad at you.

You grumbled, "I didn't mean to upset him so much, really I— I just—"

"Hey" Kanan said, lightly shaking your shoulder, "He'll come back and you'll tell him just that." he said.

Do you really think he'll come back?" You asked.

"It's not like he'd spend the night in a cave" Kanan said. Well nighttime rolled in and Ezra still wasn't back.

"That's it. I'm going to find him" You said, grabbing a flashlight and walking out.

"Aren't you going to stop them?" Zeb asked but Kanan just shrugged.

"They're big kids, they'll figure this out themselves" He said, "Besides when was the last time it was this quiet on here?" He asked, kicking back and laying his feet on the holotable.

Chopper beeped sassily.

"Yeah well no one asked for your opinions chop" Kanan retorted.

You started by going in the direction you saw Ezra run in hours ago but it's been so long he could practically be anywhere.

"Ezra!" You called out.

"Ezra! It's me! Can you please come back?" You yelled out into the mountains and heard it echoing back.

"Great" You grumbled. You kept walking, the flashlight and the stars being the only ones lighting your way.

You eventually found Ezra, sitting in the entrance of a shallow cave carved into one of the mountains.

"Ezra?" You asked and he scooted away from you.

"What do you want?" He asked and you stopped. Every step closer to him you took he kept scooting away on the floor of the cave.

"It's dark..." You said, trailing off.

"Yeah, and what do you care?" He asked.

"Well you weren't back and everyone was worried" You answered.

"So where's everyone else?" He asked.

"Well..."

"Just leave me alone." He said.

"Look, I get it, your mad at me and maybe a crossed a line but can you please just come back to the Ghost? It's dangerous out here" You tried to tell him.

"I'm fine. I made it out here all on my own before and I can do it again" Ezra said.

"Yeah but you don't have to. Come on Ezra, let's just go home and—"

"The Ghost is not my home!" He yelled and it echoed through the cave.

"Ezra"

"I get it, you don't like me, you don't have to pretend. Just go away and leave me alone" Ezra said, turning his back to you.

"You know what? Fine! Die alone in a cave for all I care, I'm going back to the Ghost! You do whatever you want" You said and stormed off.

When you came back to the Ghost alone Kanan looked a bit worried.

"You didn't find him?" He asked.

"Oh I found him but if he wants to be a jerk he can be a jerk in a cave." You said, walking past him and straight back to your room.

Hera, who had been sitting beside Kanan looked at him.

"Do you wanna take the moody teenager or the runaway kid?" She asked and Kanan sighed.

"I'll take the kid" He said and went out to find Ezra meanwhile Hera went to knock on your door.

It didn't take Kanan long to find Ezra, still holed up in the cave where you found him, throwing pebbles at the walls of the cave in frustration and grumbling to himself.

"Hey" Kanan said.

"Hey" Ezra replied and Kanan took a seat on the ground o the cave.

"You had us a bit worried back there" Kanan said.

"Yeah well I only go where I'm wanted." Ezra said.

"We want you on the Ghost. You know that" Kanan told him.

"Y/N obviously doesn't" The boy replied.

"Sit down" Kanan told him and Ezra turned around.

"What for?" He asked.

"Just do it" Kanan said and Ezra eventually did, sitting down beside the older Jedi.

"Why do you think Y/N doesn't want you around?" Kanan asked his padawan.

"Cause" Ezra replied.

"Cause what?" Kanan asked.

"Cause they're always such a jerk. I mean, I just wanted to ask if they wanted to hang out and they were—" "Being Y/N?" Kanan asked.

"Well yeah" Ezra replied.

"Listen, I'm gonna tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone I told you" Kanan said.

"Why?" Ezra asked.

"Cause if Y/N found out I told you they'd have my head" Kanan replied humorously before clearing his throat a bit.

"Y/N's a bit rougher around the edges than the rest of us, well except maybe Chopper" Kanan began.

"You're telling me" Ezra grumbled.

"But there's a good reason for it. They lost everything when they were really young and the Empire took over Mandalore." Kanan explained, "They survived by being tough. By not showing any weakness and the verbal sparring just came along naturally"

"So they're trying to show me they're tough?" Ezra asked.

"No, they're showing you that they think you're tough and that they care about you" Kanan explained.

"They don't talk that way to people they aren't close to or that they think are weak. And sometimes they take it too far but if anything that's because they think you can take it" He continued.

"So what? All those things are jokes to him? Cause they're not funny" Ezra told him.

"Then tell them that." Kanan told Ezra.

Meanwhile on the Ghost Hera knocked on your door.

"Y/N? May I come in?" She asked.

"Don't bother" You told her but the door still opened and Hera still came in.

"Kanan went to go get Ezra" She said.

"Good for him" You grumbled.

"Do you want to tell me what's going on?" Hera asked and you sighed.

"He hates me" You told her.

"Ezra doesn't hate you, he's upset but he doesn't hate you" Hera said. climbing up to sit beside you on your bunk.

"Yes he does. I went too far again and he hates me" You told her and she sighed.

Ezra didn't reply, he stared off into the dark sky outside the cave.

"They went looking for you when you didn't come back. They didn't mean to go too far" Kanan told Ezra, "And sometimes Y/N doesn't always know how far to take it but trust me kid, they care about you. Heck, they care about you enough to go after you and bring you back. That's not nothing"

"Yeah, I guess" Ezra relented.

"And you care about them too" Kanan said, "Otherwise this wouldn't have bothered you so much so come on, let's get back home"

"Yeah, alright" Ezra relented.

When Kanan and Ezra got back you were awkwardly sitting beside Hera on the couch in the Ghost's lounge. Ezra didn't look particularly confident either as he walked in with Kanan.

...

"Hey" You said after a decently long silence.

"Hi" Ezra Ezra replied.

Kanan and Hera looked at each other. "Alright, we'll be in the cockpit if you need anything" Hera said, dragging Kanan along with her.

"So..." You said and Ezra took a seat beside you.

"Yeah" He said.

"I'm sorry" You both said at the same time and you chuckled.

"I didn't mean to go overboard on the teasing" You said.

"And I didn't mean to be so mean in the cave" He said.

"It's fine, I kind of deserved it. Besides I didn't actually want you to die alone in a cave" You told him.

"You know we're kind of like the siblings in this weird crew" Ezra told you.

"I've never had a younger sibling sibling before" You told him.

"And I've never had an older sibling before" Ezra said.

"So, siblings?" You asked and put your hand out.

"Siblings" Ezra agreed and shook your hand.

#gn reader #reader insert #gender neutral reader #star wars x reader #star wars imagine #star wars #ezra bridger #ezra bridger x reader #platonic #the ghost crew x reader #kanan jarrus x hera syndula #hera syndulla #kanan jarrus #hera and kanan are such parents #sibling behavior but make it we actually haven't lived together our whole lives #possibly autistic reader #is this autist?#at this point I am questioning myself so much

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