My first try at a Young Justice fan fic! I haven't done this is a while, so be nice…

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN YOUNG JUSTICE!

Normal POV

It was just like any other mission they were assigned. Go in, take out the bad guy, and come out without a second thought. Sounds pretty simple.

Wrong. Never has it been that straightforward. There is always some sort of bizarre catch, whether it be having to find their way through a maze filled with booby traps in order to find the antidote for a lethal virus created to wipe out the population of an entire country, or the enemy revealing himself to be some sort of ex-con traitor that froze himself 20 years ago in order to visit the future and halt the creation of new technologies. The possibilities were always endless.

But this mission was seemingly routine. A new enemy had come about in the group's regular missions and every now and then, they'd get a report on some sort of genetically modified plant coming to life and causing destruction under the name of "Brocco". This time around, they were called to the Northern tip of South America. An overgrown Cashapona tree had come to life and was attempting to wipe out a rainforest and all who inhabited. Typical.

Robin jumped in and casually threw some punches and kicks at the tree that seemed to be using its base as legs. He figured that an explosive disc should do the trick.

"You know, I don't think we're being take serious enough anymore." The Boy Wonder began to have a normal conversation with his teammates. While fighting? "I mean c'mon! 'Go and get the bad guy that can control sticks!' Yeah, sure thing." He continued to mock his superior's motives.

A figure ran by him at the speed of light. It had to be Kid Flash. He decided to go in and try to trip the walking tree with his kindergarten move.

"This is better than nothing! I'd rather do this than sit around watching reruns all day!" Kid Flash harshly stated. He let out a grunt when the tree came in contact with his torso and actually fell over. "Wow. I didn't expect that to actually work." He said, standing up and dusting himself off. But it didn't take long for the tree to stand right back up and begin swinging its branches.

Miss Martian came flying by shortly after Kid Flash spoke. Her green skin was corresponding with the mossy grass on the rainforest floor.

"Beggars can't be choosers." The Martian reasoned as she used her telekinesis to pick up a nearby stone and launch it at the tree.

"Oh please. You cannot tell me that you're not the least bit upset about the treatment we've been getting lately! I feel like we're being mocked! We're doing baby tasks!" Robin kept ranting.

"You're being a baby right now…" Kid Flash said under his breath. Robin couldn't have been any more immature than he already was.

"For real? I'm the only one who's angry about this? " He couldn't stop gabbing, and the monster was still attacking his friends.

Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, Superboy dropped down to the ground, making a rupture in the moist dirt layers, causing porous moss and mud to fly everywhere. He charged at the tree, throwing kicks, punches, and basically any part of his body that could cause any harm.

"Supey looks content." Kid Flash smirked, "You good over there Supey!?"

Superboy knocked the beast down on its side, just for it to get right back up. He dusted off his hands as he said, "Never been better." The tone in his voice was slightly sarcastic.

"Everyone, stay focused. The goal is to defeat the bad guy and get out. Conversing won't solve any of the problems that are right in front of us." Aqualad told his teammates like a leader. He charged at the beast with the streams of water coming out of his hands forming whips and began lashing. But his actions were doing no more than creating small gashes in the tree trunk.

Robin stopped rambling and complaining, and proceeded with helping his friends. He figured teamwork might get the job done, and coming together, and yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever.

After about 10 more minutes of fooling around with the tree monster, it seemed as if their combined efforts weakened the beast enough for it to collapse on its own, the thud powerful enough to shake the ground they stood on. The team glanced at each other and gave looks of mutual agreement. Job done. Finally, it was time to return to Mount Justice.

"Now that we're heading back to base, I hope not to hear any complaining, whining, or gabbing." Aqualad said each verb slowly while staring directly at Robin.

"Why do you say that while looking at me?" He questioned.

"…I don't want to hear any stupid questions either."

Robin murmured to himself as the team started walking towards their ship. He took this time to have a look at his surroundings. He was impressed. The rainforest was gorgeous. Wild flowers were blooming at his feet and above his head, boasting vibrant shades of pink, blue, orange, and yellow. The green vines tangled around the trees like candy cane stripes, and the animals that climbed on them were picking at the tree trunks to snack on bugs. Butterflies were fluttering in the rays of sunlight that were able to reach the ground.

Robin inhaled the scent of wet grass and rain, and exhaled while looking up at the trees. Usually when they're on missions, they don't have time to take in their surroundings. The mindset is always, as Aqualad had said, 'defeat the bad guy, and get out'. So they often miss the simple things. But Robin was choosing to take in as much of this as he could get.

His train of thought was stopped when he heard a voice inside his head speaking. And it wasn't his own.

He wasn't sure who it was or where it came from, but it kept talking to him.

"Don't leave yet! You haven't defeated the monster!" the voice said. This wasn't something Robin was accustom to, so of course he reacted with discomfort.

"Agh!" He spat out.

The rest of the team stopped and turned around to stare at their teammate.

"Um…is there something wrong…?" Kid Flash asked, not too much worried as he was irritated.

"You guys didn't hear that voice!?" Robin asked, holding both ears with his hands.

"No. What are you talking about?"

"There was a voice! A-and it was talking to me!"

"I didn't hear anything." Superboy concluded. If he didn't hear anything with his super-hearing, then no one did.

"…Ok. Never mind." Robin brushed it off. They started walking on again and Robin tried to forget it, but the voice repeated itself in his brain.

"Please! Stay! You're not done!"

Robin fidgeted again and let out a noise of discomfort.

"C'mon! You definitely heard it that time!"

"Maybe you're not feeling well, Robin. We should contact Batman and tell him." Miss Martian told him and put a hand on his shoulder. Robin wasn't even listening to his teammates anymore. He was focused on trying to hear the voice again. Because the voice wasn't just bizarre, it was carrying a message. Just one more time. C'mon. He knew he wasn't insane.

As soon as they reached the ship. The voice sprang into his head once again.

"Help! Please! The monster lives! Please!"

Without a second thought, without turning to the others to tell them anything, and without making a sound, Robin zipped through the rainforest in hopes of arriving where they once were. Miss Martian was busy taking the spaceship out of camouflage mode.

"Ready everyone?" She called at them, looking over her shoulder. She counted the bodies and noticed an absence. "Hey, where'd Robin go?"

They all turned around simultaneously in search of him. Nowhere to be found. He had the nerve to skip out like that right when they were about to return to HQ.

"Why does he always do that!?" Kid Flash yelled out in frustration.

Who's POV(?)

I could only imagine the danger we would've been in if we stayed in that rainforest for any longer. But at that moment, as much as I missed my warm bed at home, I knew I could never go back there. Not then, at least.

The morning was the same as it had been for the past two months. One: Wake up in the dark and dripping cave I called home. Two: Attempt to wake up my two friends. Three: At least try to look for some food. Any food. And Four: Survive. Living in a rainforest obviously isn't a walk in the park. I wouldn't wish it upon any 40-year-old survivalist. And here we were. Three teenage girls. You're surrounded by all sorts of wildlife, ready to make you their next meal. And even though all of this was true, I was the most at ease while we were there. I felt like I was apart of the trees, the flowers, and the nature. I was completely content with my surroundings.

On the other hand, there was Blaze and Cryochill. They weren't too okay with it. Cryochill is almost sixteen and is happiest when she's either controlling the air, or soaring through it. She could have it either way. Blaze, however, doesn't feel comfortable anywhere. She's fourteen, and feels like a ticking time bomb, ready to hurt or kill someone else… She hasn't mastered her control over fire yet, and doesn't like putting it to use at all. Honestly, I think that her lack of control over it iss due to the fact that she barely uses her powers at all. I know that exercising mine definitely helped me to do all that I thought I could do. I tried to encourage her, but every conversation turned into tears.

I woke up that morning, ready to take on the day. I stretched and looked at my watch. Of all things, I could still keep time. Now I had to wake up my friends.

"You guys. Wake up. It's time to get up. C'mon." I yawned and tried to get them off of the cold cave's floor. Why was I the youngest, and waking everyone up!? Cryochill was the first to hear me and start to lift her head.

"Hey…good morning…" She said to me groggily with her eyes barely opened.

"I was thinking, today might be the day! Where we could find where we belong!"

Cryochill yawned, "C'mon Florose. That's enough. I'm not in the mood."

"B-but I'm serious! I think we should-"

"Shut up, Florose." Blaze bluntly told me. I thought she was asleep…

"What? Blaze-"

"No. I'm tired of you and your 'positivity', and your 'let's find where we belong' speeches." She mocked me. "No one. Lives. Here. There is no hope of any one who is human finding us and helping us."

Here she was again, with one of her 'episodes' in full swing. I was trying to compose myself because these episodes usually would either fizzle out, or take a turn for the worse.

"But…we just need a chance…"

"Yeah. 'Cause the 'chances' just keep on racking up. A chance for what even?" She asked me while standing up. I remained silent. "You don't even know, do you? You know what, this was a stupid idea in the first place. I can't believe I came out here and have stayed for two months. I'm finding my way out of here."

She got up and headed to who knows where. My kindness was slowly disintegrating with every word she spoke. She always had to break down my spirits and bring me back into what she called reality. And I was sick of it. I was about to bring her a reality check of my own.

"Oh yeah!? And where are you planning on going!? Back home!? To who!?" I yelled out to her. She stopped in her tracks without turning around. I knew I had broken her. Why did I have to say that to her? I can't believe I just said that to her.

"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, OK?" She fiercely turned around and yelled at me in tears, "I HAVE IT TWELVE TIMES WORSE THAN BOTH OF YOU!"

Cryochill got up and slowly started walking towards Blaze as she continued to scream, "YOU THINK YOU HAVE A REASON TO BE HERE, BUT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE COMPLETELY ALONE AND KNOW THAT IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! SO STOP ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL WHEN-" She would've continued to curse me out, if Cryochill didn't go up to her and give her a hug. They both fell on their knees as Blaze was crying hysterically in Cryochill's shoulder. At thirteen, I may be the youngest and the one who wakes everyone up, but Cryochill is still the oldest, and the most mature. Sometimes, I can't keep my mouth shut, and I regret it.

Two hours is how long it usually takes for something like that to wear off. And I was out searching for food and wood while Blaze and Cryochill stayed at the cave. I was thinking about what just happened the whole way through.

'I was just trying to keep positive. She doesn't have to down every idea I come up with.' I thought as I climbed a tall tree to gather berries. Sure I was pretty high up. But I was secure with the trees. It's pretty stupid, I like to think of them as my friends. Blaze and Cryochill always call me a "tree hugger", which is pretty funny.

Things were looking normal from up above. Blue sky, tree tops, colorful birds. That was until I turned to my right. It seemed as if a tree was…moving? In a straight line? I climbed up a little higher, just to get a closer look. And I was definitely right. A tree was walking! And knocking down other trees as it did.

Infuriated, I had to find out what was going on. I leaped from that tree to the next one, and to the next one. Until I could get a clear view. Now that I was closer, I could see five people attacking the tree. My grip tightened on the branch I was holding onto. I didn't know whether to be upset by the fact that they were killing a tree, or by the fact that the tree was killing other trees.

I squinted my eyes and was able to make out the faces of the people…and I concluded that I had never saw them a day in my life. They looked young though. The one who caught my attention was a boy who looked like he could've been around my age. With dark black hair and tannish skin. He moved so swiftly to dodge the tree's attacks, and didn't even look like he was trying as he still carried out a conversation with the four other people. I felt my cheeks get hot all of a sudden.

"I'm such a girl!" I thought to myself while vigorously shaking those stupid thoughts out of my head.

When I looked back down, the tree had collapsed to the ground and the five teens were walking away. I figured they must have finished the job. And that's when it finally hit me.

"They could be our chance!" They were the ones that could give us a chance to get out of here! But just as I was about to climb down and confront them, the tree got back up and started wrecking the wildlife. I felt my eyes watering up. I couldn't help but cry. It was killing everything close to me. I had to get those teens to come back and kill it for good. I tried using my chlorophyllic telepathy on the only one whose face I could remember.

I gripped tightly onto the branch and closed my eyes. I could feel my energy passing through the tree, through the vines, and through the moss covered floors. Finally, I found his figure some yards away, stepping casually on top of the ground. I started out by saying, "Don't leave yet! You haven't defeated the monster!"

That didn't seem to work. So I tried again.

"Please! Stay! You're not done!"

That didn't work either. I was going to try again, but that's when I felt the branch underneath me rock. I didn't have much time to think, and before I knew it, I was falling. The monstrous tree knocked down the one I was standing in, and I fell straight to the ground. I was at least 100 feet up and I wasn't the strongest around. I couldn't move, I was hurting, and I wanted to cry.

'Blaze was right. I should've went home months ago.' I thought in a defeated tone.

I tried one more time.

"HELP! PLEASE! THE MONSTER LIVES! PLEASE!"

But it only could've been a whisper. So I lay there as the concussion set in.

First chapter finished! I just started, so that's why this one feels kind of weak. But it'll build up as time goes on! Don't forget to review!

-GC