"But Batman!"

Batman and Robin stood by the computers in the mountain, both dressed in full gear. The screens projected the files of a recent jailbreak.

"Robin the league needs me on this one. Gundy, Copperhead, Firefly, Volcana, Luminus and John Dee have all escaped." Batman turned back to the computer, typing in the last details for the mission.

"The League can handle them! One of those guys isn't even a meta, just a common criminal!"

"It's better to be on the safe side. Besides John Dee's location isn't unknown, he is still a danger to the public."

"Batman we've had three sleepless nights in a row. You're not at your best…"

Batman looked over his shoulder and saw Robin sheepishly looking at the floor. Batman instantly knew that Robin was worried about him. He had the right to be. Last night they both had a close call with Clayface. The madman separated the two and posed as each others partner. In their tired state they didn't notice that their partner had been switched out. Clayface really cut some physical and emotional wounds on them, before they could take him down.

Batman turned around and fully faced his partner. "Robin you don't have to worry about me." He placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, causing Robin to look up. "I promise I'll be fine. I'll be back before you know it."

Robin gave a slight smile at those words. "Okay."

"Mean while spend time with the team while I'm gone." Batman turned back to his work, wrapping up the final details until he headed out to help the league.

Robin walked to the common room to find his entire team lying around on the couches extremely bored. M'gann and Connor were sitting speciously close together on the floor together. Wally was stretched out backwards on the L section, with his head hanging off the edge of the couch. Artemis was sitting next to his feet, swatting them away if they got too close. Kaldur sat on the other end cross-legged. All of them were oddly in their hero costumes.

"What's with the costumes guys?"

This caused all their heads to turn toward his direction. Wally left out an "ouff" as he fell off the couch from being startled by Robins sudden appearance.

"WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT!" Wally pulled himself off the floor, glaring at his best friend.

Robin grinned at the speedster, "Sorry, but why are guys all dressed up?"

"Blank Canary was suppose to meet us half an hour ago, but she hasn't shown up." Megan kindly offered.

"Well you guys will be waiting for awhile, cause the League is on a mission." Robin flipped over the couch landing beside Artemis.

Artemis rolled her eyes at the statement. "Great, I turned down a party for this?"

"What we're not good enough for you Art?" Wally resting his head on her shoulder, looking up at her like a kicked puppy.

Artemis roughly shoved Wally off her. "Your breath stinks. Get off me Baywatch!"

"Perhaps we should start our training without her." The leader started to stand from his position on the couch.

"NO!" The team looked up at Robin with surprised looks at his outburst.

He rarely got time to himself, and he really didn't want to spend his free time training. Especially since he was exhausted from the three previous nights. He quickly processed a plan in his head.

"Batman said Canary was planning a team building exercise. So why don't we just watch a movie or two until she comes back. It's still doing something as a team."

Kaldur looked to the ground in thought. A beat passed before he spoke. "I suppose that would be acceptable."

Robin grinned "Great, cause I heard there was a Harry Potter marathon tonight."

"Score!" Wally quickly scooped up the remote. Flipping through the channels at super speed to find the marathon on T.V.

"I've never heard of Harry Potter." Superboy grumbled.

"Well you are in for a treat Connor. It's a classic!"

M'gann sprung forward. "I'll make popcorn!"

"You read my mind babe."

It wasn't long before they were all settled in for the movie. Robin was warmly wrapped up in a blanket, with snacks and surrounded by his friends. He couldn't have asked for a better Friday night. With the comfort and warmth around them, the team enjoyed the film.

A woman's cries filled the hospital room. Complete terror in every note of her scream, the doctors and nurses rushed in. They held her down against her struggles, trying to inject her with a sedative. They finally were successful. Her screams died down to a low murmur. With her settled down the doctors left the women to hopefully recover. The doctors were at a loss for what was happening to the woman. Her boyfriend had emitted her earlier that night, stating that he couldn't wake her from whatever horrible nightmare she was having. The doctors were unable to wake her, and struggling to find a cure to her night terror.

Moments later Batman and Black Canary entered the deserted room.

Black Canary finished her conversation over the communicator. "Superman left us a message letting us know the League has captured the rest of the escapees, and have gone home to rest."

Canary looked down at the women in the bed. "We are looking for John Dee, why are we here?"

"We are here because she was John Dee's fiancé. I don't think it is a coincidence that this happened to her the same night her ex-fiancé escaped prison." Batman grumbled.

"How would he be responsible for this? She's trapped in a nightmare. John Dee doesn't have any super powers."

Batman glanced up to his teammate. "The prison reported that during the riot he exposed himself to an ESP machine. He was previously a "volunteer" to help test the machine on the small scale. Apparently it wasn't enough for him. He turned it on to full power."

Canary raised an eyebrow at the man. "ESP?"

"Extrasensory Perception. Mind reading. It's possible the machine gave him the power to do this." Batman gestured to the woman trembling in the hospital bed.

At that moment Martian Manhunter phased through the walls. "I came as soon as I could."

Batman stepped away from the bed. "Do your thing."

Manhunter sat on the edge of the bed, placing his hands on either side of her head. His eyes glowed for a moment before he pulled away with a gasp.

Canary stepped forward in concern. "J'onn?"

"He calls himself Dr. Destiny now. He came into her dreams, did this to her."

"Why can't she wake up?

"It's a delusional state. I'm going back in to see if I can bring her out of it."

Once again the green alien placed his hands on her head, trying to enter her mind. After a brief pause he spoke. "He …wants us too."

"Us?" Batman said glancing over to Canary.

"Why? I've even heard of him before today."

Without another moments hesitation Batman called the watchtower to warn the other leaguers. The call kept on ringing but nobody on the other end picked up.

"They're not answering."

"I can't bring her out of it. His hold is too strong." J'onn pulled away from the woman.

In the background Canary was on the phone with Green Arrow. "We're coming over soon, but what ever you do don't go to sleep." With that final word she ended the call.

A thought crossed Batman's mind that sent him into panic. "Canary I want you to check on the Team. They many not be Dr. Density's target but it is better just to be safe." Black Canary turned away from the men and started to call the communicators of the young team. "J'onn, pick up Green Arrow and have him help you collect any leaguers that Dr. Density has a hold of. And in the mean time I'm going to find this man."

"How?"

"While he's using his mental powers his body is probably vulnerable. He's got to be in a place he thinks is safe. Somewhere familiar."

"But once you find him how do you stop him from….thinking?" J'onn questioned.

"I'll just have to improvise."

"Be careful. If you nod off for even a second…"

Before he could finish Batman cut him off. "Don't worry. I'm use to late hours."

Batman turned to the leave when Canary faced the men with a grave look on her face. "The Team isn't picking up."

Thanks for reading!

Sorry for the rather uneventful first chapter, just needing to get somethings set up and explained for the story. It should get a lot more exciting from here on out.

I got the premise for this story line from the T.V. series "The Justice League" but changing it a bit to focus on the Young Justice team!