Please let me know what you think. This is my first Young Justice story, since I only thought of it after the series aired. Flames and advise are welcome.

Disclaimer: I don't own young justice.


Chapter 1

Mount Justice

October 27th 16:30 EDT

It looked like crime was slow all over the world, nothing that needed their attention anyway. The teens were all doing something to occupy their time. Robin and Kaldur were playing air hockey; M'gann was in the kitchen trying to make a Rhubarb Crumble Pie, but that was proving difficult since she kept overcooking the Rhubarb in the saucepan; Superboy was watching TV; and Wally was really getting something done.

It was 4 days to Halloween and Wally was zipping around the cave hanging decorations. He had hung a plastic skeleton by the kitchen and was making his way over to the corridor where their rooms were.

M'gann was coming out of the kitchen and saw the skeleton out of the corner of her eye.

"AHHHH." M'gann screeched and used her telekinesis to destroy the decoration.

The entire team came running to see what had scared the Martian.

"Oh come on, I just hung that." Wally remarked as he looked at the pieces of the decoration lying on the ground. "Not that I'm sure there was a good reason, beautiful."
Robin laughed "Smooth, Wally, real smooth."

"I'm sorry, it scared me, and I reacted." M'gann said as her face got a worried look.

"It is alright, M'gann, you must not worry. Anyone can react like that when scared." Kaldur said as he placed a comforting hand on M'gann's shoulder.

"Kaldur's right, don't worry, there's a couple of replacements in the storage closet." Robin remarked as he pointed over his shoulder.

"I'll get it." Superboy said as she smiled at M'gann then left the huddle.

"Haven't you ever heard of Halloween, Megan?" Wally asked.

"I've studied a lot of things about Earth, but, I don't think I had gotten to holidays. Just as I was getting to that part, I came here." M'gann answered and her attention was then drawn to the approaching Superboy, who hand another skeleton. "Allow me boys."

With that M'gann used her telekinesis once more, this time to remove the remnants of the skeleton she destroyed and replace it with the new one.

Gotham City

October 27th 17:00 EDT

Alfred Pennyworth was walking through the local grocery store picking up candy and extra items for Halloween, along with groceries for the week. He was getting the candy as a young lady that helped him from time to time was getting the last of the groceries. Wayne Manor had run out of candy last year, so Alfred was going to make sure he didn't run out again. As he was finishing up on the Halloween aisle, he spotted a new candy and decided to see how it would fair with the trick-or-treaters.

Just then, the young lady returned with the last of the groceries.

"Thank you miss, I believe I can handle things from here. I think you might better go, it's almost time for you usual appointment." Alfred said as he took the last item out of his helper's hands.

"You're welcome, Alfred, and right; if I don't leave now, I'm in big trouble. Bye." The girl said then turned toward the exit and took off.

Alfred then went to the checkout counter. After the last item was scanned, he paid the bill and left.

Metropolis

October 28th 16:30 EDT

Metropolis General Hospital was unusually busy; the waiting room was overcrowded and ambulances were coming in every 5-10 minutes. The strange thing was that most of those sick were children.

One nurse had left an exam room and went to the ER nurse's station, where 2 doctors were waiting for her.

"It's another child with the same symptoms; nausea, headache, and blue tinting under the fingernails." The nurse said as she read from the patient's information.

"Comparing all the cases, it's a poisoning epidemic. All we can do is make everyone comfortable until we can pinpoint what kind of poison it is." One of the doctors said.

"Right, we've already got the lab working on isolating the cause." The other doctor said.

Gotham City

October 28th 17:30 EDT

The 5th ambulance in half an hour pulled into Gotham Memorial Hospital and the EMTs removed an elderly man from the back of the vehicle, and coming out behind the gurney was Bruce Wayne. The EMTs arrived at a room and rolled the patient into a room, then transferred him to the bed in the room.

"What's wrong with Alfred?" Bruce asked as the EMTs began to leave the room.

"It looks like poisoning, Mr. Wayne. You'll have to wait for the doctor's findings to be sure." One EMT said as he and his partner walked out of the room, closing the door behind them.

Just then, Bruce got a call on his phone.

"Hello." Bruce answered.

"Bruce, its Clark, there's a problem here in Metropolis. A lot of children have wound up in the hospital. All the doctors can figure is that it's some kind of poison." The voice on the phone said.

"Hold on." Bruce said as he got a stern, thinking look on his face. He walked over to the door and stuck his head out to see if he could learn anything.

There were a couple of doctors talking and Bruce overheard them mention that reports of some kind of poison epidemic were coming in from Star City, Central City, and Metropolis.

"Looks like I have to look deeper into this. I'll contact you when I find out something." Bruce said andwith that he hung up his phone. He looked at Alfred with worry on his face. Bruce then walked over to the door and pulled it open.

Before he walked out, he turned and looked at his father figure. "Don't worry, I'll find out what's going on." With that, Bruce left out of the room.

"Doctor, I have to get home and take care of my ward and a friend of his. Please call me if anything changes." Bruce said to a passing doctor.

"Yes sir, Mr. Wayne." The doctor said back.

With that, Bruce walked toward the exit to begin his search for what was going on.

Mount Justice

October 28th 18:30 EDT

The base was completely decorated and the kids went back to relaxing. Just then the transporter activated.

"Recognize Artemis B 07"

"Hey, Artemis, did you enjoy your time away?" M'gann asked as she flew to meet her teammate.

"It was good, M'gann, thanks for asking. Thought I'd return to help decorate." Artemis replied, but she then noticed that the cave was already decorated. "Oh well; let me guess, Wally got impulsive."

"Yea, you know him; he can't sit still for long." Robin said as he was finishing his game against Kaldur.

"It is alright, Artemis. Wally may be impulsive at times, but you know he always means well." Kaldur said as the puck went into his goal, giving Robin the winning point.

"Recognized Batman 02"

With the zeta beam transport's activation, the team speedster appeared right beside Artemis.

"Do you have a mission for us?" Wally asked

"Yes." Batman answered. "There has been a poisoning epidemic, and it's not a typical one. About 80% of the victims are children; however, adults have been infected as well. As of an hour ago, reports have come in from Star City, Central City, Metropolis, and Gotham City. Since most of those poisoned as children, all schools in these four cities have been closed until this epidemic can be stopped" Batman informed them, after Superboy arrived in the room.

"Sweet, no school." Wally remarked, and then received a slap upside his head by Artemis.

"There cannot be any coincidence that the cities hit are home to superheroes, can there." Kaldur remarked.

"Correct Kaldur that is what I thought. There is not much to go on as of right now. Flash will investigate in Central City, and Green Arrow, along with Red Arrow, will look into the situation in Star City. Right now the worst cases are in Metropolis and Gotham." Batman finished.

"We shall start in Metropolis. According to the data collected so far, that is where the first cases were." Kaldur began as he looked over the collected data. "We will leave out in the morning."

"Very well; Robin, I need to speak with you, privately." Batman said, and with that, he and Robin went off on their own.

"What is it?" Robin asked with a confused look.

"Don't let what I'm going to tell you affect your performance, but Alfred is one of the cases in Gotham. I found him passed out in the library near the entrance to the batcave." Batman answered as he looked the boy wonder in the face.

"Oh no; wait, what about …" Robin said as the news about Alfred hit him, but then a grim thought came into his mind.

"She's fine; whatever is doing this has not gotten to her." Batman remarked, cutting off Robin as he knew what his partner was going to say.

"Alright. We'll find out what's doing this." Robin said as he looked down to the ground, then back to his mentor before turning around to return to his team.