A lucky mission?
"I am so not feeling the aster," the Boy Wonder thought his feet touching the ground silently running from the cover of the catwalks on the ceiling. He jumped onto the railings of the wall encasing the halls around him, hopping onto the hallway floor. Silence enveloped him, but he could hear voices and shouting begin to swell from the stairwells below. They needed to get out fast. Whatever had given them away, the villains they were watching were not happy about it. Once again, the team had been assigned a surveillance mission, and once again they were over their heads. Not that Robin thought there was anything wrong with this. He loved the thrill, but right now their cover had been blown in the middle of a crime nest and all he wanted was to get out alive.
"Ms. Martian," Robin sent through their telepathic link. "We've been compromised. The team needs to rendezvous and get out of here. Wally, can you find me and help with a distraction?"
"Got it," Miss Martian's voice echoed.
"Got your six bro," the speedster's thought echoed, and Robin turned just in time to see a flash of yellow slow beside him. The sidekick looked okay, although his costume was ripped along the sides, as if he had walked through thorns. His ruby red boots were also scuffed, more than at the beginning of the mission.
"That was quick," Robin said, giving his friend a quick high five then handing him a few micro-bombs.
"I was coming to meet you anyway," Kid Flash said, taking the bombs and looking at them. "Where do these go?"
"Anywhere you want. Just make it flashy."
"Flashy is my middle name," Wally said, a grin spreading on his face, showing his brilliant white teeth. He pulled down his goggles to his eyes. "I'll meet you guys when I am done planting these."
"Be careful," Robin warned, then running off to meet the rest of his team.
"No prob Rob. No prob." Wally took off, leaving the boy wonder in the dust.
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Robin ran out of the building, looking for his team. He finally found them, grouped in an alleyway not far from the complex. Everyone was present…except for Wally.
"Robin, where is Kid Flash?" Aqualad questioned, his eyes filled with concern.
"I left him to cause a distraction," Robin said. "I thought he would have finished by now." Kid Flash would have been able to circle the foundation rather quickly. Placing the bombs and getting out before they detonated should prove easy for the speedster. Why had he not gotten out yet?
"What distraction?" Artemis asked.
Robin took out one of the micro bombs he had left. "I gave him these to place around the foundation."
Artemis took the small object from Robin, looking it over. "Could Wally have put these around the building with half his speed?" she asked, looking back up at Robin.
"What do you mean half his speed?" Robin asked the archer, suddenly alarmed. The team's eyes fell on Artemis.
"Kid Flash was with me. We were watching the bad guys, like you said to, when a fight broke out. We just thought it was a brawl between comrades, but evidentially it was a big deal. They pulled out weapons, started shooting. We tried to get out as fast as we could, but a bullet ricocheted and hit something. Wally got shrapnel stuck in his leg, so he speed got reduced. He went to find you after that. He didn't tell you?"
Robin shook his head. "He probably didn't want to worry me, but if his speed is reduced then that means-"
Behind them the group heard a deafening blast, and they ran out of the cover of the alleyway. Flames poured out of the windows, broken glass falling to the ground around the building. The team could feel the heat, boiling even at the distance they were at. The criminals poured out of the building, shouting over the fire's roar and running for cover. It was only a matter of time before the structure collapsed. Their comrade, however, was nowhere to be seen.