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Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

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Thugs Vs. Green Lantern, 2021, colorized.

@Hillan

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

Gabi felt her innards twist and turn as the magical energies of Julian and Conor’s machine sucked her down through the ground. She stumbled forward once she finally found herself on solid ground again, steadying herself against a wall as she took in the new materialised world around her. They certainly were not in Conor’s lab anymore.

The group found themselves in the centre of what appeared to be the precinct’s bull pen. What would normally be a hub of activity for Seattle’s police force, was now a derelict ruin, with desks and chairs tossed asunder, and paperwork scattered everywhere. The room was surprisingly barren of life, save for themselves, with the officers and any other personnel having begun to barricade themselves into side offices. It certainly wasn’t quiet though, with a mixture of sirens and gun fire raining down around them all.

The most surprising feature of the room was the overturned police car that currently lay as its centrepiece. Thankfully, it seemed that no one had been inside it during its flight here, as Gabi discovered with a quick glance inside.

Ignoring the confused shouts of the officers that sat hidden behind the room’s various doorways, Gabi stepped cautiously towards the far wall, which was now mostly a pile of rubble and broken shards of glass. Clearly this was where the car had come from. She moved slowly, keeping low as she tried to peak down onto the street below. She only caught a glance before the gunfire rang in her direction, causing her to dart backwards into safety. It was enough though, as she had easily spotted her target. Truth be told it wasn’t tough to miss the muscular behemoth.

A plan in mind, she turned back towards the group of fellow heroes behind her.

“Someone take out the gunmen” She instructed, taking charge as she readied her grip on her axe. “I’ve got the big guy.”

Turning back towards the hole, she took a deep breath as she focussed on the droplets of rain falling from the sky above. Pushing herself upwards, Wonder Girl charged forwards. She sprung up from the floor and out into the Seattle air, axe raised above her head as she soured down towards to the drugged-up madman.

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

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I imagined we teleported into the lobby, there's a staircase leading down to the vault area to our side. There will be small emergency lights on, but nothing more. The vault has a set of gates, another set of gates, security boxes in one vault and then two vaults for money (And secrit STAR tech.)

@Hillan

What about the police precinct?

I'm worried i'm reading Sep's description incorrectly! So the muscley-boy is outside the rear of the precinct? Or is there one at the front too?

And gunmen are in the building looking out the front, and also out back with the rear guy?

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

Gabi starred around in awe around the workshop, as Conor directed her towards her spot on the floor, eagerly taking the inscribed stone he handed her. She knew about Conor’s thirst for knowledge regarding all things magical – he had even promised to investigate some Mayan mythology for her -, but she had no idea this thirst had extended this much. He really knew his stuff, compared to her, whose own magical knowledge merely consisted of making it rain and swinging around an axe.

It was just so wonderful to behold. Nothing like she had seen before.

Yet her amazement was temporarily put on hold as their elegant leader made an appearance, with the super genius beginning his role-call.

Varo, Kevin, Jonathan, and Roy were all good choices. Each one someone she would gladly fight alongside. Varo with his knowledge from beyond the starts. Kevin with the fighting fire he often displayed down in the gym. Jonathan dashing about with that sapphire armour. And Roy, with that fantastical rainbow-coloured suit, and the passion and power to match.

Yet as she heard their names called out, and their mission statement detailed, all she could do was angrily hold her tongue. Hayden was being sent in. Little thirteen-year-old Hayden was being sent to fight some guys that just took down a member of the Justice League. Gabi couldn’t believe what Julian was doing. She had spoken to him about this before, but it would seem that her protests had fallen on deaf ears.

She brought the inscribed stone up against her chest tightly. Looks like she would have to protect them herself.

“Send us in.” She said boldly. “I’m ready.”

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

She isn't trapped, she's stuck.

She clearly slept on a pile of glue.

@Sep

Happens to the best of us

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

I'd like to apologise to all those that choose to help the police outside the bank because now you're all just going to be stood out in the rain

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

Despite her ill will toward the fallen robot’s owner, Gabi listened intently as Julian detailed the current situation at hand, the joyful atmosphere of a potential movie night having immediately vanished.

She nodded as their leader spoke, taking her time to process everything he said. While she had been expecting her fair share of action as a part of this team, she did not really expect the training phase of her stay in the penthouse to end so soon. Sure, she had been working out down in the gym, but lifting a few weights had done little to make her part of a crime-fighting team.

Was she even ready?

That question plagued her mind as she rushed back towards her bedroom, causing her to accidentally collide with some of her teammates as she moved. While she was not one to change into a suit of spandex like many of the heroes she admired, she at least needed didn’t want to be running around in slippers and a brightly patterned cardigan. She threw them onto the floor as she stepped inside her sleeping quarters, before immediately grabbing a pair of worn leather boots and perching against the edge of her bed as she moved to pull them on.

Her fingers fumbled as she attempted to tie her laces.

What if she fumbled out there? Sure, she had faced simple thugs before, but that had been different. They weren’t powerful. Just weak men with guns. These guys at the bank however seemed to be the real deal. Actual supervillains. The kind of guys she would see on the occasional news broadcast and would end up fearing for her life from, despite being a whole continent away.

She thought about how scared she had been back then. How much she had looked up to the heroes that would eventually save the day. A smile escaped her lips as newfound confidence began to wash over her. Finishing her laces, she brushed her hair from out of her face, before grabbing the leather handle of her axe tightly and turning towards the window.

What had once been a beautiful spring evening began to change before her eyes, as clouds of grey quickly began to coat the Seattle skyline.

As the first drops of rain began to hit the glass of her bedroom window, Gabi rose to her feet, took a deep breath, and headed downstairs to the penthouse’s storage room to join her team.

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

Apologies in my delay in posting! Thought i'd be free this weekend but ended up being a lot busier than i expected! Will try and whip something up shortly so that i'm not holding things up too much!

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

I won’t be getting a post in until the weekend. Kind of stuck on whether to send her to the bank or keep her in the penthouse.

What is everyone else thinking for their characters?

@Stormflyx

Same, weekend for me too!

Gabi is definitely the type to go after the criminals themselves in this situation

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For