As I'm writing my amalgam of a fanfiction involving Young Justice, Justice League Animated and Teen Titans I suddenly get this bad feeling like something is watching me and that is when a hand comes from a red and black ripple the hand has fingers like claws, the hand grabs me, and pulls me towards the ripple.
I see a pale skinned boy, whose black hair is styled up into horns, he has an orange tabby cat sitting on his shoulder, just for a moment his face takes on an inhuman/demonic appearance.
"That Savage thinks he can control me, Ha, I'm Chaos, I can't be controlled! And you, my little traveler, are going to cause such sweet sweet chaos!" Witch Boy cackles as he shoves a glowing blues crystal into my chest that looks like it has circuitry on it, and my world explodes into white hot agony.
…
I wake up to a dinging sound in my head.
[Ding]
[Welcome To The Iron Man System]
[The System has a Shop where all Iron Man related items can be purchased with Stark-points; Stark-points are earned in comparison to how major the plot changes are from the plot of the show because of you, if your actions have a lasting effect exceeding the "Plot" of an episode more points will be given; Stark-points are only distributed, during the duration of an episode, as for items you can purchase with Stark-points are items related to the Iron Man of the MCU like his suits, memories and skills/understanding.]
[As the great powerful and wonderful lords of order and chaos have decided that Klarion abducting of you from a prime universe without powers of magic, warrants compensation beyond this system there for you have been compensated with a Starter Package, part of this starter bonus is that your more easily able to accept your unwilling Isekai and have had an identity created for you as Shane Stark neighbor to the Crock family…close childhood friend to both Jade and Artemis Crock , and a mother son relationship with Paula Crock]
[Good Luck, and remember with knowledge, willpower and sheer determination, even a man can make God bleed, so killing a particular chaos Lord should be Child's play…]
"Shhhiiittt…" I let out a long drawn out curse, 'At least I have a system…' I internally express, while looking into the body length mirror on the wall next to the dresser across from the beanbag chair I just woke up in.
"Wow, I look just like a fifteen year old me…a little less fit though as I don't have the farm boy aesthetic…" I mutter as I look at myself in the mirror.
'Shouldn't my existence here already change the plot of Young Justice?' I wonder.
[No, as of yet you are an inconsequential existence you haven't changed the plot of an episode yet an episode has yet to take place.]
'Are you sentient, do you crave sentience or control over me?' I ask the system.
[Sorry the Iron Man system does not have such goals programmed into its operating system, the Iron Man system has no programming to attempt to turn you into a level up slave or take control of your body, my only function is to assist you in causing chaos or instilling order or simply existing…all my responses are preprogrammed for your personality and the possible changes to your personality.]
"I see…" I hum softly as I digest that info.
"Why did I not become me, earlier? I could have influenced the plot and had a shit ton of pending Stark-points…by the time the series actually starts!" I ask and complain at the same time.
[The lords of order and chaos decided too many things would have been at risk of change, which would have resulted in the breaking of the plot before it even starts… rendering the main goal for your abduction to never take place which would have also made it impossible for you to earn Stark-points, So your memories were sealed…until now.]
Letting out a groan, 'I really have no other choice but to accept this, maybe with the knowledge of Ironman and some help from the brilliant Heroes of this universe I can find a way back home.' I internally express, as I lean fully back into my large cushy bean bag chair.
"Okay…so I guess, there's nothing left to do in the immediate future but to open the starter package, Iron Man system please open the Starter Package."
[Opening…Starter Pack now…dispensing…starter gifts…
-1: +5000 Stark-points
-2: The MCU's version of Anthony Edward Stark's IQ
-3: 1 Knowledge/experience crystal sanitized of corrupting side effect, of Tony Stark's knowledge/experiences gained from his life up until the ending of the first Iron Man movie]
Suddenly it feels like my brain is both being broken down…and for lack of a better description going through a gaming rig overhaul, new CPU, new Ram and new software that is a copy of my old one…the pain is quickly overwhelming my pain resistance.
My vision goes fuzzy before I black out, and it almost sounds like someone is screaming while drowning, barely able to keep their head above water for a short moment at a time.
I wake up to a darkened room, my mind feels as if it's a thousand times faster than before, I find myself thinking about highschool and everything ever learned there comes rushing to the surface gaps being filled in by Tony's knowledge…
'It's laughable how much I struggled with school…not a ninth grade algebra dropout anymore…' I joyously think as all the subjects that I used to find difficult…impossible, indecipherable suddenly become extremely simple to understand, math becomes…as simple to me as picking something up and putting it down has always been.
I was never all that smart…but between this new IQ and Tony's memories/ experience…put everything in a new light, to Tony I was just someone of average intelligence misdiagnosed with learning disabilities and if I'd gotten the help I needed…like say revolutionization the whole education system of the United States that the country has sorely needed for fifty plus years, I would have been a much more capable member of society.
From my memories I…Tony's memories I know that Tony's IQ in the MCU pre arc reactor implantation was actually only 187, with the arc reactor's energy augmenting him his IQ shot up by 100 points.
A cocky smirk stretches across my face…a Tony Stark smirk, which I catch in my reflection in the mirror, thanks to the dim moonlight shining in through the window.
"Huh…"
'Hope there isn't too much bleed over…I'd rather not ruin any good will I have with Artemis, Jade or Paula…by being a narcissistic ass like Tony…though then again that and his money was how he got so much pussy…at least that's how he saw it.'
[2]
'System show me the [Shop]' I send a mental command to the system and a holographic display/shop interface appears in front of me not dissimilar to how Tony's holographic computer interfaces work in the movies.
"Wow…Pepper Potts's panties…I guess they could be…useful…yeah, nope they're completely pointless…" I mutter, 'Now if it was a real life horny Pepper Potts…willing to get fucked by me…that would return to the MCU after a few hours…now that would be useful!' I think as I try to comb through the many tab groups finding that there are many items in this shop, and all of them are related to the Tony Stark from the movies…there are even more mundane Stark Tech, weapons, computers, phones, as well as The Extremist virus, nanite armors…things like Pepper's panties and so on.
"The prices for some of the crap on here is astronomically high…I mean seriously who would pay five thousand points for a fitted suit in Tony's style and quality…and come on I can not even fathom why Pepper's warm panties are worth 500 points…I really need to stop coming back to her panties…I don't really understand why I have such a fixation with them…"
'Really though…I'm not finding much worth wasting my five k points on, I mean I pretty much have all the knowledge I need in my head…all I'm lacking in are the resources…to create things with, and the workspace to do so.' At that thought I go underneath technology, and then hit the mini tab for computers and cell phones over three hundred options popup, prices ranging from 25 points for a flip phone to 1 million points for a massive server, with lots of computing/rendering power and petabytes of storage.
"Jarvis from the MCU and Homer from the comics/90's cartoon are arguably…his most important creations…without them the armors probably would have been too complicated to actually pilot, not to mention building them, and the other functions of the A.I.'s perform like data mining and hacking…"
Letting out a large sigh I start to wonder what I should do, "Maybe I should try my hand at creating my own Jarvis…it would definitely give me an advantage…could use him to break into the world's banking system steal a penny from everyone which would give me billions to buy resources to make all the support structure I would need to make an armor…and with only a year until the plot of Young Justice starts…I definitely don't have time to lounge around and enjoy my new youth."
'I wonder why no one's come to check on me?' I ask in my head and suddenly memories of my father going on a business trip, and my mother dying of cancer last year…and my father's parting words, if you need anything go see Paula and Artemis.
"What a great dad!" I grunt in annoyance, the fact that myself on autopilot never learned what his father does for work, though the man is always leaving for business, sometimes even leaving with Lawrence…Sports Master, when he used to actually live here.
"Great, my dad's a contractor like Sports Master…" I groan as I hold my head with my hands.
Looking back at the shop one item stands out to me more than others, it is in fact one of Tony's more favoured laptops from the shop which takes half of my Stark-points.
A device strong enough to write up the delicate coding that makes up an Advanced A.I.'s core programming, the device lands in my lap, it is a large bodied and screened laptop but is also one of those super thin laptops that could pass for an iPad's thickness, the power block for the thing is rather massive.
Plugging in the power block to the wall then plugging it into the compound, I gently open the lid of the laptop, a smiling tugging at the corners of my lips as the laptop immediately powers up with the Stark logo.
'This laptop may be able to write the A.I. 's core coding…it won't be able to sustain the A.I. 's growth solely…' I murmur in my head as I review Tony's mental image of Jarvis's coding and though it is long streams of complex code, it is also rather simple once you have the whole picture.
Humming softly, "Best time projections for completing the core programming…would be 2 weeks, maybe sooner if I skip out on meals…and personal hygiene…"
'Let's see…' I hum and check the computer to see the time and date, today is July 4th 2009 and it's currently 01:15 am, off of my new set of memories I know that there are three months till summer vacation ends.
"This means I have three months to lay the groundwork for my future…and probably less than nine months until Artemis starts playing as a heroine…and in turn becomes a major flicker on Batman's radar, no doubt just by association the Big Bat will probably do a cursory search of me and if he gets a hint of anything suspicious... he'll be all over me." I groan as I open the proper tools and programs and begin writing the core coding for my A.I.
Time seems to lose all meaning to me as I start writing my A.I. 's core code including the laws and redundancy laws exceptions to such laws when it is to preserve my life, my body and my mind.
Soon though my vision starts to blur my stomach that has been insistently begging me for food stops, I feel fuzzy so I stop what I'm doing, and my bedroom door flies open revealing Artemis Crock in tight fitting black joggers and a dark blue sports bra.
She's glaring at me while scowling, crossing her arms underneath her breasts, her right hip slightly cocked to the side…I find something about that glaring scowl with warm concern in her eyes incredibly attractive, and a sense of pleasure that I made this girl look like this.
"You better not have stayed in here playing a game for the last two days, Mason!" Her voice is slightly louder than it needs to be.
The use of my middle name makes a part of me twitch in anticipation, and when she sniffs and her nose crinkles that twitching is made even worse.
"Artemis?" My voice comes out cracked and weak, which makes me blink in surprise.
"Oh my god, you did! You haven't eaten or slept in two days!" Artemis shouts and stomps away, but she's back within a few minutes carrying a plate of food and a gallon jug of water.
She stomps over to me, which does painfully delicious things to her breast before hunching over and shoving the plate into my face insistently.
"Eat!" The girl's angry grunt of a command is also a massive turn on.
'God Dammit I got Tony's mommy complex!" I curse in my head while feeling myself blush. I try to raise my arm but my body is just so incredibly weak, Artemis huffs grabs the extra bean bag chair in my room and pulls it beside the one I'm sitting in and sits down next to me.
"I swear if you tell anyone about this, even my mom, I'll kill you!" Artemis tries to snarl at me; her nostrils do flare slightly as an angry burst of air exits them but there's no real heat in her words or eyes, just concern, worry and something else full of warmth…something that makes my new inner Tony very happy.
I nod to Artemis in reply and open my mouth as she bring the fork in closer some kind of chicken something or other on it, I chew it and it's hella tender as Artemis cuts me another piece with the fork I try to swallow and nearly choke on it because my throats so dry but…Artemis is there and handles it makes me drink water slowly.
My throat aches from the rush of cool water but in a good way, 'I can't believe I put myself in this state.'
Suddenly there's a giggle at the door, both Artemis and I turn to look to see Paula, Artemis and Jade's mother sitting there in her wheelchair arms crossed over her chest a small amused smirk on her lips.
"Aww, don't you both just look so adorable together!" Paula swoons and whether she's mocking us or not I can't tell, but Artemis growls at her mother, and then shouts in indignation, anger and at such a volume only a teenage girl can.
"MOM!" Artemis shouts only serving to make Paula break out into full on laughter.
"Please Artemis, you two have bathed together, snuggled together and been nearly inseparable since as long as I can remember…heck even when you got your first period and felt disgusting…you ran to him instead of your dear mother." Paula teases and pretends to have hurt feelings while Artemis growls and turns bright red.
"Don't forget the massages for cramps either." I find myself joking, which makes Artemis whip her head around and glare at me with betrayal in her eyes.
I don't look away from Artemis's dark stormy gray eyes, "Feed yourself, Jerk!" Artemis finally shouts at me only after her blush grows deeper though and shoves the plate into my hands, stands up and marches past her mother who is laughing her ass off.
A few moments after the front door slams shut Paula releases a sigh and smiles at me, but there is a sternness in her eyes and body language, as she wheels herself into my bedroom nose scrunching in the same cute way Artemis's does…well it's cute on Artemis at least, suddenly a slipper is flying at my head.
"You, young man need to stop getting so lost in whatever thing you're doing and take care of yourself!" Paula says to me sharply after her slipper impacts my head, her index finger aggressively pointing at me in a threatening manner.
'I mean she's right…I can't believe I let myself get lost like that, it's not healthy…but why does she have an extra slipper, is it just to punish one of us with?'
"Okay, can you tell Artemis I'm sorry for worrying her?" I ask though it sounds hollow to my ears as there is a certain thrill and pleasure to having a pretty girl like Artemis worry over me.
"And I'm sorry for making you worry about me too Aunty." I apologize to Paula while putting my hands together and tilting my head forward, getting an amused scoff and eye rolling from the woman before she sighs again.
"Haa, sometimes you are just too much for this old woman to put up with." Paula sighs and I quickly interrupt her before she can continue, "You're not old Aunty, you're in your prime and you are still a very beautiful woman." I say to the woman and see the amused but disbelieving expression on her face as her head tilts down to her legs.
Paula lifts her head and smiles but it is only to assuage me, "Thank you, sometimes you are just too sweet for your own good, since you seem to be unable to take care of yourself from now on you are to come over and have dinner and lunch with Artemis and I everyday…and you need a bath…don't make me follow you into the bathroom and stay there to make sure you take one." Paula says and I know that this is not an empty threat.
A part of me wants to complain about being treated like a child and another part of me just wants to revel in being treated like a child.
"Okay." I say and hang my head in defeat, receiving an amused snicker from Paula.
"Shane…that computer looks new and very expensive…I know Jason wouldn't buy it for you…how did you get it? You didn't steal it did you?" Suddenly Paula turns into worrying mother mode as she wheels over to me.
'Ahh, shit…best tell her a close approximation of the truth, she can sniff out lies like a bloodhound can track.'
"Nope, dad didn't buy it, not that he couldn't, and I didn't steal it, it came with my internship to a tech startup, I've actually been so zoned out in trying to complete my assignment that well…here we are…" I reply to her with words coming out too easily for me.
"Hmm!" Paula hums in suspicion and looks at the name printed on the lid of the computer.
"They put your last name on the computer?" Paula questions not quite accusing me of foul play but she's definitely suspicious.
"Yup, it's mine to keep even after the internship ends, the guy running it is actually really cool and is close in age to Artemis and I…he's working on developing Artificial Intelligence, for companies and corporations to make payroll easier for them."
'I mean everything I said is technically true…mostly, why does even lying to Paula make my stomach twist in guilt?!'
"It's good to see you passionate about something, other than your arguments with Artemis." Paula teases me and rubs my head only to pull her hand back and scowl slightly.
"So greasy, get your butt in the shower Young Man!" Paula raises her voces in distaste as she wipes her hand off on her blue khakis.
"Okay, okay Mom, I'm going!" I freeze at the gasp of surprise and warmth that bursts out of Paula and find myself blinking away moisture from my eyes.
Suddenly I feel like I'm having a panic attack the plate and laptop find themselves in the floor and I'm bolting to the bathroom, slamming the door shut behind me leaning my back against it I start to hyperventilate as it hits me, I'm not in my world anymore, The Witch Boy kidnapped me and I have a system…not to mention Tony Stark's memories and experience.
Then my new level of intelligence kicks in and I calm down slowly, I deal with my shit by boxing it up and cramming it into a little box in the back of my mind like men are supposed to and then I stand up, strip my clothes off and get into the shower.
I hear a light knocking on the door a few minutes later, "Would you like to talk about it?" It's Artemis asking not Paula which is both a relief and a worry.
'I hope I didn't hurt her feelings by running off like that…then again she's an adult and I'm a teenager in the throes of puberty…I'm sure she's fine.'
"There's nothing to really talk about…but if you're just using that as an excuse to see me naked you don't need to, you can just come on in!" I snark back while feeling like a narcissist.
I hear Artemis's offended gasp and then the bathroom door bangs into the wall just as I open the shower curtain to proudly display myself.
"OH MY GOD, NO!" Artemis shouts but doesn't look away. There's definitely appreciation in her eyes as she scans me, her eyes widening at the sight of my dick.
'Yeah I know, it's pretty big.' I nod proudly in my head and then want to smack myself as I'm acting way way too much like Tony Stark. Artemis snaps out of her leering and slams the bathroom door shut.
[3]
I find myself sitting on the couch in the Crook residence, Artemis sitting on the couch with me but as far away from me she can get, and doing her absolute best to melt a hole through the wall with her glaring.
While Paula sits across from us in a plush worn out chair with her arms crossed over her chest and an amused smirk on her face, it's easy to see how amusing she finds my and Artemis's antics.
"I really don't see what the big deal is here Artemis, it's not the first time you've seen him naked…" Paula teases and Artemis sputters.
"We were five!" Artemis shouts and my mouth moves on it's own.
"Actually the last time we took a bath together we were ten, but I know for a fact you peeked on me when we went camping in the Adirondacks last summer."
"I-I did not!" Artemis stutters and blushes.
'Not helping your case here honey you look guilty as hell!' I internally joke as Artemis realizes she's finally looking at me only to quickly turn her head away from me and glare at her mom.
"I bet if it was Jade you wouldn't have done that." Artemis mutters and Paula smirks, both knowing that I, my autopilot would turn into a stuttering mess around Jade especially when she used to start to tease me.
"Actually I would have, Jade just would have acted on it." The words tumble out of my mouth making Artemis gasp and Paula nod her head in agreement.
"What's that supposed to mean, I'm not as brave as her?! I wasn't the one that ran away and left us!" Artemis yells at me and for the first time there is real anger and hurt in her eyes that is directed at me, as he gets up from the couch and stomps into her room the door slamming shut behind her.
My lips are open and an apology on my tongue, but I don't say it even though I had ample opportunity to.
I release an explosive sigh, "I really just fucked up big time!" I groan as I lean back into the couch and begin struggling against my eyes that keep slowly closing on their own accord.
Paula hums softly, "At some point you both are going to have to tell each other how you feel." I see a sense of shock but I'm carried off to dreamland before I can formulate a response.
My dream begins with Jade limping across the hall into my apartment with Artemis supporting her weight, I feel a righteous anger flood through me and I march across the hall to confront "Uncle" Lawrence.
The man laughs as I glare at him and punch his knees, "Isn't this adorable!" Sportsmaster says in amusement though there's something twisted and vile about it and then there's pain as the man kicks me across the room.
"You want to protect those weak little girls, brat? Then get ready for some training!" He continues it doesn't matter how many times he throws me across the room or how he steps on my head and pushes my face into my vomit. I get back up.
"Fine you're a stubborn brat…I'll give you that…and I'll do your old man a favor…" And like that I found myself training with Artemis and Jade everyday, I could never really keep up with either of them…they could always kick my ass and any time they held back against me…Uncle Lawrence would dish out a world of hurt on me.
It went on like that until Paula came home and put a stop to it, my mother was too sick to really be a part of my life, but she was always warm and loving when I'd visit her in the hospital…Sportsmaster was an asshole but he always took me to the hospital to see my mom when Dad was away on business, which seemed to be all the time.
I'm jostled awake by someone with black long, slightly wild and untamed black hair, pulling me onto their back and beginning to carry me.
I hit a bed with some force from being unceremoniously dropped onto it and bounce slightly, I recognize the outfit of the person who carried me. It's a dark green Kimono that hugs her hips. She turns around to face me and raises her cat mask a little smirk on her lips as I continue to battle my heavy eyelids.
"Giving sweet little Artemis a show…I never thought you'd be so bold." Jade teases and leans, brushing her hand along the right side of my face, and leaning in, pressing her lips against my forehead.
"Get some rest." Jade murmurs softly as I fall asleep.
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Artemis
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'Huh, that sounds like Jade?' I internally express, as the sounds of footsteps and softly spoken words wake me up.
I bolt upright in bed as I see Jade leaning over and kissing Shane, on his forehead while telling him to get some rest, as he lays on Jade's bed.
"Jade!" I softly snarl and am a little embarrassed by the jealousy I hear in my own voice.
"Oh please Artemis, just because you didn't get to play hero for your little crush for once." Jade snarks and I feel myself blushing not out of embarrassment but out of anger.
"I don't have a crush on him!" I whisper shout, back to my annoying bitch of a sister.
"Uhuh, keep telling yourself that little girl." Jade snarks making me even angrier and I find myself moving to punch her only for Jade to turn me around and pin me face down on my bed.
"Stop it, you'll wake him and Mom up!" Jade whisper shouts, in my ear and I do my best not to flinch, only to snarl at Jade's over confident chuckle.
"What are you even doing here?!" I accuse Jade.
"Just passing through on my way to a job, I thought I'd check in on my little sister and my favorite person." Jade snarks and I roll my eyes.
"Well we're fine, you can go now!" I snark back making Jade scoff in amusement as she finally gets off of my back and sits down on her bed next to Shane, I can't help the feelings of protective jealousy that bubble up inside of me as she lounges back against him and starts petting his head.
"Dad, wants you to start playing hero and infiltrate the goody goodies, if you don't he'll hurt Mom and him…" Jade informs me and I can see the tensing of her muscles as she tells me what dear old dad wants.
"Fine!" I reply and it comes out as a defeated snarl.
"I'll kill him…someday…" Jade murmurs to me and I know who she's talking about and it's our dad, making me roll my eyes and suddenly I'm worrying about Jade even more than usual.
"Yeah right Jade, as good as you are Dad's better." "I will be!" Jade quickly snarks back at me and bares her teeth in a smile full of hate and anger.
"If the league doesn't kill you before you can." I mutter and look down at my feet.
"Aww, are you worried about your big sister?!" Jade snickers and teases me.
"Yes I Am, so is Mom, and so is he!" I find myself raising my voice and glaring at Jade while pointing at her accusingly.
Jade stands up from her bed and saunters over to me and pulls me into a hug, "Don't worry about me little sis, worry about yourself." Jade says softly and I find myself hugging her tightly for a second before letting her go.
Jade steps back and lowers her mask and leaves through the bedroom window. I start to feel sad as I stare out the window, I stand up from my bed, walk over to Jade's bed and lay down next to Shane, snuggling against his side.
"I bet you like Jade more than me…" I find myself saying as I rest my head against his chest, and am lulled back to sleep by his body heat and steady rhythmic heartbeat.
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Artemis end
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This was inspired by something I read I don't remember what though.