He should have seen it coming. Why hadn't he seen it coming? When Dick inspected the room the team had been snatched from he'd found one piece of vital evidence, one of Tim's birdarangs with Blue Beetles armor on it. Tim was skilled with his weapons; he wouldn't have missed his target and accidentally hit Jaimie, and Jaimie wouldn't easily be hit by accident.
His suspicions were only confirmed when he saw the reach bringing Blue Beetle forward as the new champion of Earth. What had happened to the team? Where were they being kept?
He searched the room over and over finding nothing new. When M'gann had returned he asked for her help. They searched along the war world trying to find any traces of the team. M'gann found nothing. Finally they just went back to the room that started it all. M'gann argued with him asking why they were back here of all places.
They'd argued about faults and guilt only coming to similar conclusions. Neither blamed the other. There were still no leads though. Dick was starting to feel hopeless. He wanted to find his little brother and the team. Bruce had trusted him! How could he let this happen?! As if Jason hadn't been a lesson to them all.
Sensing his inner turmoil M'gann put her hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him. Before she could say anything they heard a familiar sound. Sphere had made it's way back to the war planet and was able to locate superboy. Things were starting to look up for them but he couldn't help slipping back into his state of melancholy. He was worried.
M'gann tried to comfort him again. He appreciated it, but he didn't deserve it. Everything was just spiraling out of control. How could he think he was mature enough to lead the team? If he'd just told them from the beginning things wouldn't have happened this way.
"Nightwing you did the best you could."
"I didn't."
"I don't have to read your mind to understand what you're thinking. Everything will work out in the end. We'll find the others, Kaldur and Artemis will finish their mission and we'll all slip back into our old routines."
"Nothing is ever that simple Miss M but I appreciate your concern." He said forcing a smile.
Ok first chapter up. Honestly it's more of a prologue than anything. Sorry it's super short I have this idea but I'm having a bit of trouble pumping it out. Tell me what you think. I was tempted to wait till tomorrow and finish up this chapter but meh I'm sure you guys will appreciate the early post. Thanks ahead of time for the reviews I'm hoping to get lol. Either way thanks for taking the time to read this far.