Baby Boom Four: It All Makes Sense Now
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice and/or any and/or all concepts and/or characters. It all belongs to DC Comics and Cartoon Network. The Speed Force scene is lifted, dialogue and all, with some modifications of course, from Justice League episode, "Divided We Fall." It was just so awesome I had to use it. I am a mere Fanfiction author. With far too much time on her hands and no social life.
Rated: T
Previously On:
They stumbled out of their rooms, unbelievably groggy and disoriented, and feeling amazingly weak, to the nursery only to find every crib empty. They did not out and out panic; they searched each room and every nook and cranny, realizing that Lian was missing from her room as well.
Prologue:
"Deactivate threat level?" the computer asked for confirmation and with heavy hearts they confirmed, each punching in their mentors' override codes. Since that horrible morning two months ago when they discovered their children missing their mentors had gone missing. It happened one by one and each vanishing marked by the remaining persons waking up after a night's sleep groggy with sluggish. Batman had discovered they were being dosed by a sedative during each kidnapping, most probably in a gaseous form. However, even he was gone now. Everyone Young Justice relied on for anything was gone. Even the civilian members of the extended JLA/Young Justice close knit family; Alfred, Joan Garrick, Mister and Missus West (Wally's parents), Martha and Jonathon Kent; the dogs were missing too! Only Young Justice (plus Linda and Precious) remained. They had however managed to save the royal family of Atlantis, but only by putting a hefty bounty on each of their heads should they come ashore before the all-clear was given.
"Threat Level None Existent, Reserves Deactivated." The computer spoke. The League's entire roster, reserves and all, had been activated since the Lanterns had crash landed on Paradise Island. But now Young Justice could not let them be hunted down and captured, not with the main Big Seven missing. They couldn't sacrifice the Earth's defenses just to save their family.
Besides, they had combed every inch of Earth's landmasses; the Atlanteans had combed every inch, nook, and cranny of the ocean, even going into forbidden and tainted areas. Mystics, witches, wizards and even one or two demons of all power levels had search the planes above and below their own, even ones parallel to their own. The Lanterns were actively searching space, as was every friendly alien race they could call in favors to. They even had a time-traveler or two looking in the distant past and future. However, it had all been for naught, no sign of the missing to be found.
It was a well known fact that the first forty-eight hours after a child is kidnapped are the most crucial….after that window closes the chances of finding said child, of finding said child alive, decreased significantly with each passing hour. Now the forty hour rule applied to any missing person case but it was especially true in those cases of missing children…and they had wasted those forty eight hours getting confirmation that the kids were indeed missing and not just running amok with relatives or other League members. With superpowers in play anything was possible…except finding their loved ones.
They moved away from the computer, into the dark cave that had been once so warm and inviting. Each teen seemed to have aged significantly, lines being etched into their once smooth and lively faces by fear, sorrow, and regret. The relationships between lovers and parents were decaying as each only blamed themselves for letting this happen and thus withdrew from their partner. Only Linda and Wally remained strong together, often entwined on the couch as if to make sure each other was still there but as silent as everyone else. (Kyle remained in the spare bedroom).
Then the phone rang. Nobody had the courage to pick it up, each dreading the news it might bring.
The message machine came on, M'gann's cheery voice asking the calling to leave a message after a tone, "Yo! Kid! We found the Baby Bat!"
Wally was up and on the phone within a jiffy, saying, "CC, that you?"
He began grinning, jotting down information so fast that the paper began to smoke, saying suddenly, "Thank you! Thank you Leo! I'll be right out to grab them! Thank you thank you thank you!" he hung up, spinning around, "The Rogues found Helena and Krypto, and info on what's going on!"
"Where?"
"Beneath Keystone Natural History Museum." He flashed away, coming back with Helena in one arm and Krypto under the other.
"Helena!" Dick grabbed his little sister, pulling her close, "Oh my god Helena. Thank god."
"Icky!" Helena squealed happily, hugging him just as tightly.
Wally left again, coming back with a computer tower before leaving again and this time bringing back a filing cabinet.
"Here's all the info they found," he said, "and they've promised to keep looking."
"Alright people," Robin spoke, a new light coming to his face, a light that was mirrored in his comrades' faces, "let's show them who they ticked off!"
"Yeah!"
"Wally, hook up that computer. If there's a password start cracking it."
"Yes sir your battiness sir!"
"Linda; call the Amazons, we've got a lead and need them to be prepped for a fight."
"Right."
"Art, Roy, get into the Most Wanted List and see who'd have motive strong enough to work together, I've got this nasty feeling it's a team up."
"Sure."
"M'gann, get that muzzle off Krypto, Conner take him for a walk while M'gann I need you to start digging through the League's computer system. Conner when Krypto's good put him with Precious and start helping M'gann…"
"Right."
"What can I do?" Kyle appeared.
"Get in touch with a Guardian, we need all the info they can give us. Let's do this people!"