Elseworlds: Young Justice: Wendy Time, part II

(Front cover. Teri Jewel Jackson is tied up in a chair, in a plain room. On one side, Superboy crashes through a window.)

Superboy: I'M COMING TO SAVE YOU!

(Page 1, panel 1. Teri's dressing room. A single rose in a glass vase is sitting on the dresser now. Attached to the rose is a card with the Superboy logo on it. Teri Jewel enters the place. She is in a moderately cut blouse and a leather miniskirt.)

Cap (N): The next morning, at the dressing room of Teri Jewel Jackson...

Teri: Well, let's get started today...

(Panel 2. She notices the rose, and touches it.)

Teri: Oh my...

(Panel 3. Teri reads the note attached to the rose. She is smiling with a sparkle in her eye all the while.)

Teri: My dearest Teri Jewel, when we kissed last night, I entered paradise. All my life I had waited to feel your sweet, tender charms. I ache to be in your arms again. Please go out with me again. Love and kisses, Superboy.

(Panel 4. Teri Jewel holds the rose close to her heart, smiling and lost in thought.)

Teri's thoughts: Mmm... I've been waiting for your charms too, Superboy.

(Page 2, panel 1. In Cissie's dressing room, the female members of Young Justice are looking over the clothing that they have provided for her. Cissie is with her.)

Empress: Oh mon... look at all these clothes here.

Wonder Girl: Man, I've always wanted half this stuff! I can't believe you get to wear something like this, Cis!

(Panel 2. Cissie pulls out a pretty light blue dress, and holds it up.)

Cissie: I like this one. Gang, what do you think?

Wonder Girl: That is kewl! I want something like that!

(Panel 3. Enter the Director.)

Director: Ms. King-Jones, you'll be needed on the set in 5 minutes for the read-over.

Cissie: Right.

(Panel 4. In the hotel room, Traya is busy typing on a laptop computer. Nearby, she has a copy of the script.)

Traya: Man, this is harder than I thought it would be...

(Panel 5. Enter Bonnie King-Jones, holding some take-out food on a tray.)

Bonnie: Sorry I took so long - traffic out there takes forever. So how's the story coming?

Traya: I'm about 2/3rds of the way done, Ms. King-Jones. This is a little harder than I thought.

(Page 3, panel 1. Bonnie smiles slightly.)

Bonnie: Genius often takes time, Traya.

(Panel 2. Go back to Cissie, Teri Jewel, and Javier. Teri Jewel is wielding a wooden stake and is reading lines from a script. Javier and Cissie follow along.)

Cap (N): Meanwhile...

Teri: I know it's hard to believe, but one of the members of the archery team is a werewolf! Not only that, he may be responsible for the murder of that archery player from Metro High at last month's meet!

Cissie: But who can it be?

(Panel 2.)

Teri: I don't know, but I need your help to flush him out.

Cissie: I shoot targets, not werewolves. I'm not going to be any good at that!

(Panel 3. They continue to read the script.)

Teri: I know it's hard, but you've got to do it - for us all! Werewolf hunting is my life!

Cissie: How in the world - giggle - did you manage to say that - giggle - with a straight face?

Teri: It wasn't -giggle- easy.

(Panel 5. Enter Traya and Bonnie. Traya holds a copy of the revised script in her hands.)

Traya: Cis, I finished it. Come and take a look.

(Panel 6. Cissie reads over the script. Teri and Javier read over her shoulders.)

Cissie: This is much better.

Javier: This is like something Joe would write.

(Page 4, panel 1. Cissie takes Traya's revision of the script to the director. Nearby, the writer is also standing nearby.)

Director: What is it this time, Ms. King-Jones?

Cissie: You know, I've been having second thoughts about the script...

Writer: WHAT!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?

(Panel 2. Angered, the writer goes up to Cissie. Fire and brimstone are in his eyes.)

Cissie: We just want to change a few lines here and there....

Writer: Do you know how much work goes into this!? I had to work like a dog to write that! Changing the script is out of the question!

Director: Larry, calm down.

(Panel 3. The writer takes the script out of Cissie's hand.)

Cissie: HEY!

Director: I think we should hear her out.

Writer: HEAR HER OUT!? SHE IS NOT IN THE GUILD!

(Panel 4. The director takes the script out of the writer's hand.)

Writer: HEY!

Director: Just relax, Larry. Your job is not at stake... yet.

(Panel 5. The director starts reading over the script that Traya wrote. The writer is starting to turn red with anger.)

Director: Hmm... interesting...

Writer: You're not actually thinking about using that script?!

(Panel 6. The director looks up at the writer.)

Director: That's not my decision, Larry. It's up to Joe. But I will say this... I'm very impressed by what I've seen so far.

Writer: (shouting) YOU CAN'T DO THIS! THE GUILD WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD!

(Page 5, panel 1. The writer storms off.)

Writer: The guild's gonna hear about this!

(Panel 2. Cissie looks incredulously at the Director.)

Cissie: Man, are all writers like this?

Director: Larry just can't take criticism.

(Panel 3. Go up to see the man in black coat standing there. He is holding several canisters of gas.)

Man: We got it now...

(Panel 4. The man releases the canisters onto the unsuspecting people below. Panel 5. The gas cans explode, releasing the sleep gas everywhere.)

Traya: Sleep gas!

(Panel 5. Everyone rushes for the exits, but the gas is too fast. In panel 6, we see Teri's eyes roll into the back of her head as she falls on the floor, out cold.)

Teri: Uh....

(Panel 6. Cissie and Traya fall unconscious next to each other.)

Cissie: No....

(Page 6, panel 1. Enter about 4 men wearing black coats and gas masks. They also wield an uzi each. They nervously look around the place. In panel 2, one of them picks up Teri Jewel while another one picks up Cissie. In panel 3, they exit.)

Cap (N): And thus began the ordeal for Cissie and Teri Jewel.

(Panel 2. The men go out to a waiting van that is idling. One of them removes his mask.)

Man: We got them both - GO!

(Panel 3. The men jump into the van and drive off.)

SFX: SKREE!

(Panel 4. Inside the van, the men start tying up Teri Jewel and Cissie.)

Driver: You were only supposed to get Teri Jewel! What are you doing with her!?

Man: This is Cissie King-Jones. We can get a lot for her as well!

(Panel 5. They continue to drive off.)

Driver: I hope she's worth the effort.

(Page 7, panel 1. Back at the studio, The members of Young Justice enter the place. They immediately catch a whiff of the sleep gas.)

Superboy: Something's wrong here. Everyone else, stand back. I'll use my tactile telekinesis to protect me.

(Panel 2. Surrounding himself with a TK shield, he enters the place. The others start opening doors and windows, trying to let fresh air into the place.)

Superboy: Is everyone o.k. ? TJ, can you hear me?

(Panel 3. Superboy comes to the director, who is still out cold.)

Superboy: Hey! Can you hear me?

(Panel 4. Superboy extends his tk shield around the director, and picks him up.)

Superboy: Let's get you some fresh air.

(Panel 5. Superboy carries the director out of the place. Panel 6. Empress teleports in next to Superboy as Superboy exits the place. Empress is holding Traya in her arms.)

Superboy: Traya...

Empress: This attack had to have been sudden.

(Page 8, panel 1. Empress sets Traya down as Superboy sets the Director down as well.)

Superboy: Imp, go create a vortex in there and try to suck out all the gas.

Impulse: Will do!

(Panel 2. Impulse rushes into the studio.)

Empress: I don't know about you, but I didn't see Cissie in there.

Superboy: I didn't see TJ in there either. I think whomever did this wanted to kidnap her.

Wonder Girl: So did you see any clues as to who did this?

(Panel 3.)

Superboy: None. Whoever did this prepared for it.

(Panel 4. Impulse rushes out of the place, and is holding a sheet of paper in a clear bag.)

Impulse: Guys, I found a ransom note!

(Panel 5. They look over the note. It is written in ransom newspaper cutout type. It reads: "If you want to see Teri Jewel Jackson again, you will deliver $10 million to us. Instructions will follow later.")

Superboy: I'll tear this city apart if I have to so I can find her!

Wonder Girl: Whoa there, Sb. We don't even know if she's still in the area.

(Panel 6.)

Empress: She's right, mon.... Nobody's been in there since this morning, they could be in Tibet by now.

(Page 9, panel 1. Traya coughs a little, and then wakes up.)

Traya: >HACK!<

Wonder Girl: Traya!

(Panel 2. Traya sits up as the YJ members surround her.)

Superboy: Traya, what happened?

Traya: Uh... dichlorate permanganate thiogermanite vacate USP.

Impulse: What?

(Panel 3. Traya nurses her head.)

Traya: A common knockout gas. Where is everyone?

Superboy: We were hoping you could tell us. Cissie and TJ are gone.

(Panel 4. Traya shows concern on her face.)

Traya: Gone? As in kidnapped?

Superboy: I'm afraid so.

(Panel 5. Traya is stunned at this.)

Traya: Oh man...

(Page 10, panel 1. Scene change. Teri Jewel Jackson and Cissie King-Jones are now tied up at the hands and feet, and are lying in a dark, dusty room. A low-watt light bulb dimly lights the room. The two of them are lying on the floor. Nearby, there is an old wooden table.)

Cap (N): Shortly thereafter....

(Panel 2. Cissie and Teri wake up, coughing.)

Cissie & Teri: >Cough!<

(Panel 3. The two of them try to get their bearings, and look around the place.)

Teri: Where are we?

Cissie: I have a feeling we're not going to like it when we find out....

(Panel 4. The two of them try to move towards each other, but find it difficult since they are tied up.)

Teri: I think we've been kidnapped.

Cissie: Aw, man. Looks like it's up to us to get out of this.

(Panel 5. A man in black enters.)

Man: Ah, nice to see you have woken up.

Teri: Who are you?

(Panel 6.)

Man: Who I am is unimportant. What is important is what we are going to do with you two.

Cissie: I have a feeling that I'm not going to like what you're about to tell us.

(Page 11, panel 1. The man approaches Cissie.)

Man: We've got a buyer for Teri Jewel Jackson here. A general in the country of Rubanizstan has agreed to give us $20 million in gold for her. You, however, are being auctioned off as we speak, Cissie King-Jones.

Teri: You're selling me like a slave! I'm not for sale!

(Panel 2. The man suddenly turns, and slaps Teri Jewel in the face.)

SFX: SMACK!

Man: I don't care what you want! This is about what we want... and what the general wants.

(Panel 3. Cissie and Teri assume sour expressions on their faces.)

Cissie: You are sick, mister.

Man: Hey, there is a demand, and we are simply filling it.... just like any other businessperson.

(Panel 4.)

Teri: Except that your business is highly illegal here in the USA.

Man: The sale is taking place in Rubanizstan, where slavery is legal, if that matters to you.

Cissie: Kidnapping is still a crime!

(Panel 5. The man turns, and slaps Cissie in the face.)

SFX: SMACK!

Man: Watch your mouth!

(Panel 6.)

Man: Copping an attitude towards your new masters will only get you hurt, King-Jones. You'd better resign yourself to being a slave.

Teri: Superboy will save me.

(Page 12, panel 1. The man turns away.)

Man: Superboy?! BAH! Right now we are on the way to Rubanizstan, and he'll never be able to find you there.

(Panel 2. The man starts to exit.)

Man: Don't think of escaping - we're cruising at 46,000 feet. It's a pretty long drop into the Pacific from here.

(Panel 3. The man exits.)

Teri: So what do we do now?

Cissie: We try to get out anyway.

(Panel 4. Cissie tries to make her way over to Teri as Teri does the same to Cissie.)

Cissie: Let's see if we can get untied here...

(Panel 5. Teri and Cissie are sitting back to back. They are busy untying each other.)

Teri: Good thing I learned how to untie ropes for one scene.

Cissie: Same here.

(Page 13, panel 1. They untie each other.)

Teri: So do you think we're really 46,000 feet in the air?

Cissie: I don't hear the hum of airplane engines.

(Panel 2. The two of them stand up, and go towards the door.)

Teri: I think we can get out of this.

(Panel 3. From the opposite side of the door, we see Cissie and Teri both breaking the door down by kicking it.)

SFX: KA-WHAM!

(Panel 4. They exit the room into a dark hallway.)

Cissie: One block down.

Voice (from off panel): And many more to go.

(Panel 5. The two of them turn around to see Chaz the Spazz there, dressed all in black.)

Chaz: Now, you wouldn't be wanting to leave, would you? The boss wouldn't like that.

Cissie: Chaz the Spazz!

(Page 14, panel 1. Chaz grows wide-eyed.)

Chaz: You... you're Arrowette!

Teri: Arrowette?

(Panel 2. Chaz advances on Cissie, who gets nervous.)

Cissie: Arrowette? What would make you think I'm her?

Chaz: I'd recognize your voice anywhere. I owe you some serious pain, girl!

(Panel 3. Chaz tries to strike Cissie, who narrowly avoids getting hit.)

Cissie: T.J., get out of here!

Teri: I'm not leaving you, Cissie!

(Panel 4. Chaz strikes Teri in the arm with his fist. She was trying to dive out of the way, but failed.)

Chaz: Stay out of this!

SFX: WHAM!

Teri: AH!

(Panel 5. Cissie then delivers a karate chop to Chaz's jaw. However, this does not affect him.)

SFX: WHACK!

(Panel 6. Cissie nurses her hand.)

Cissie: Ah! What did you do to yourself, Chaz?

Chaz: Not so mighty without your bow, are you Arrowette?

(Page 15, panel 1. Cissie narrowly avoids getting hit by Chaz. Chaz then ends up putting his fist though a wall.)

SFX: WHAM!

(Panel 2. Chaz, realizing what he has done, panics.)

Chaz: Oh no - If I pull my hand out, the plane will decompress!

Cissie: Teri, can you hear me?

Teri: Uh...

(Panel 3. Cissie goes over to Teri, who is nursing her arm. There is a large bruise there.)

Teri: Man he can pack a punch.

Cissie: Are you hurt?

(Panel 4. Teri uneasily stands.)

Teri: I've got a nasty bruise where he hit me.

Cissie: Well, we've got to get to the front of this plane, and try to get back to the USA.

(Panel 5. Cissie and Teri casually walk off.)

Chaz: Hey! Come back here!

Cissie: Oh, right. Like we're really going to let you beat on us some more.

(Page 16, panel 1. Young Justice headquarters. Robin and the gang are using the computer to find Cissie.)

Robin: Someone deleted the files on Cissie. Good thing they didn't get the backups, though.

Empress: Yea.

(Panel 2. The screen shows a world map, with a dot over an area in the former USSR, in Asia.)

Impulse: In the middle of nowhere?

Empress: Rubanizstan.

(Panel 3. The others face Empress.)

Empress: My father had a mission there a few years ago. It seems that since the fall of the Soviet Union, it's been a haven for criminals and troublemakers. It's the Zandia of Asia.

(Panel 4. Robin turns to leave.)

Robin: Then let's get over there.

(Panel 5. They rush to the Supercycle.)

Wonder Girl: I got a bad feeling about this.

(Page 17, panel 1. Go back to Cissie and Teri Jewel. The two of them have arrived at the cockpit of the airplane. Now Cissie is wielding a lead pipe.)

Cissie: Ready?

Teri: Let's do it.

(Panel 2. They break into the cockpit only to have 3 guys standing there, pointing 2 rifles and an uzi at them.)

Man: We've already landed in Rubanizstan. Leave here without our protection, and you'll be gunned down instantly. They hate Americans.

(Panel 3. Cissie drops her lead pipe as both of them raise their hands.)

Teri: Aw, man....

Man: About face, and march!

(Panel 4. They all march out into the hallway.)

Man: Any funny moves and you're dead.

(Panel 5. They walk out of the hallway and to the door. A guard waiting for them holds up bulletproof vests for them.)

Guard: These will give you basic protection, but remember, our guys are crack shots. They can shoot you in the head from 100 meters.

(Panel 6. Teri Jewel and Cissie put on the bulletproof vests.)

Guard: Don't worry if it doesn't flatter you... chances are, you won't be wearing it for long.

Teri: That's not a comforting thought.

(Page 18, panel 1. They go out to see a lot of armed guards in desert camouflage. They form a pathway, which leads straight into a large building.)

Guard: Move it! He is waiting.

(Panel 2. They walk down the corridor towards the building.)

Teri: I'm sorry I got you into this.

Cissie: It's not your fault, Teri.

(Panel 3. They enter the building to see the pathway of well-armed guards continue down to another room.)

Guard: Don't stop now!

Teri: Like we have a choice in the matter.

(Panel 4. They enter a room where they see a young man dressed in camouflage. He is sitting on a pleasant looking throne. He is about 20, dark Arabian-Asiatic features, with a moustache on his face. He also has quite a lot of ammo on himself and two pistols attached to his hip. Like the guards, he is of muscular stature.)

Cissie: Well, at least our tormentor isn't old, fat and ugly.

Teri: A tormentor is still a tormentor, Cissie.

General: (man on the throne) Welcome to my homeland, Teri Jewel Jackson.

(Page 19, panel 1. The general stands, and approaches her.)

General: I hope that your journey was a pleasant one.

Teri: You're sick, mister, kidnapping me like this.

(Panel 2. The general takes Teri's arm, and notices the bruise there.)

General: My name is General Ali Kabalishan. You will be my welcome guest here... before you become my second wife.

Teri: I'm not about to marry you!

(Panel 3. The General turns to the guard, and strikes him hard.)

General: [You were told to deliver her unhurt!*]

Cap (N): *Translated from the local dialect.

(Panel 4. The General turns away from the guard, and pulls Teri and Cissie away from him.)

General: Execute him.

(Panel 5. One of the soldiers shoots the guard in the head, killing him. This horrifies Cissie and Teri Jewel.)

SFX: BLAM!

Guard: AGH!

(Page 20, panel 1. The guard's body slumps over, dead.)

Teri: How could you do that to him!? It wasn't his fault I was hurt!

General: He knew the price for failing to follow my orders to the letter.

(Panel 2. He sits back on his throne.)

General: Well, at least you were unharmed, Cissie King-Jones. I have been receiving quite a number of bids for you. Right now a man in Zandia has offered me 160 million Zandian shillings for you. According to the exchange rate, that's about $20 million. I think that's a fair price, don't you?

Cissie: You're sick, mister.

(Panel 3.)

General: By your standards, perhaps... but I am merely a businessman. There is a demand, and I merely fill it.

Teri: We are living human beings! We're not some commodity like pork futures! I am a television star! There will be a worldwide manhunt for me, and my new boyfriend Superboy won't stop until he finds me!

(Panel 4. The general stops for a moment.)

General: As far as you are concerned, I am your new lover, and will be forever.

Teri: (angry) I don't love you! I never will love you!

(Panel 5. The General slaps Teri in the face.)

General: You will learn to respect me!

SFX: SLAP!

(Page 21, panel 1. The general turns to one of his soldiers.)

General: <Take them away. Put her in the harem chamber, and dress both of them in real woman's clothing.>

Soldier: <Yes, sir!>

(Panel 2. Two of the soldiers grab Cissie and two more grab Teri, and drag them off kicking and screaming.)

Teri: I won't be your lover, do you hear me!? I am never going to love you!

(Panel 3. Exeunt Teri Jewel, Cissie, and the four soldiers dragging them away. Another soldier approaches the General.)

Soldier: [Sir, are you sure she will love you? She seemed so dead against it.]

General: [She is just in shock from the situation she has been put in. She'll come around eventually.]

(Panel 4. The two guards lead Teri Jewel into a chamber where there is a dressmaker's dummy that wears a very skimpy outfit that reveals almost everything.)

Guard: Put the dress on.

Teri: What?! Are you out of your mind!? I'm not wearing that!

(Panel 5. The guard strikes Teri in the back of the head with the butt of his rifle.)

Guard: Put it on. Now.

SFX: WHAM!

(Page 22, panel 1. The supercycle is flying over the country of Rubanizstan. The members of Young Justice are in their uniforms.)

Cap (N): Meanwhile...

Impulse: According to this, we're about 50 kilometers from where Cissie is being held.

Superboy: I'm gonna tear this bozo from limb to limb!

(Panel 2. They continue to fly towards the place.)

Superboy: If they've hurt her in any way, I'll make sure they pay over and over!

(Panel 3. Suddenly an explosion happens near them.)

Empress: Looks like the welcoming committee has shown up.

Robin: K'on, Cassie, Suzie, try to take them out.

Wonder Girl: Will do, Rob.

SFX:BOOM!

(Panel 4. Suddenly an explosion hits the supercycle dead center.)

SFX: WHOOM!