Hey readers, here is Season 2. This Season will focus on the change in Dick and Angelee's relationship. Most of the episodes will remain except two; they will be changed to two of my own. There will be one more episode than the original 20. So… the first episode is "Happy New Year" will be the groups going to the Krolotean pads to destroy their teleporter platforms.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Young Justice. If I owned the series, there would be a Season 3 set to be aired in September and the ending to Season 2 would have a much happier ending. Although, I have a cool idea for that. The only things I own are my OCS and the new plot.
Chapter 1-Happy New Year
~The Watchtower, January 1st, 2011~
"The entire League was under Savage's spell for just over a day. We've accounted for most of that time but these six went missing for a full sixteen hours we can't account for." A larger screen showed, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, John Stewart Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter.
Batman blankly stared at the holo-screen,
"16hours… what did we do?"
~5Years later, Present, Mount Justice~
"Are you dressed yet?"
Angelee appeared behind him,
"Jeez Mister Leader… grown impatient in your old age haven't we?"
He turned around to see Angelee in her red and black figure tight suit; her muscle tone had increased over the years and she had grown much taller. The new suit had a longer cape and knee high shoes with flat bottoms. Now 17, she had grown to become quite the martial artist with a hint of sass and flair,
"That makes you old too; you are only a year and a half younger."
"Ah but that one year and half makes all the difference."
"Delta Squad to Cave; target neutralized." Miss Martian's voice came through the coms.
"Good work Delta. Sending Crane in for transport to Arkham," He nodded to the blonde behind her. Rainbow shone in the room as she left, "come on home. Nightwing out."
~Sewer~
Gathering around the hardened Clayface, Miss Martian, Superboy, Bumblebee, Blue Beetle, Beast Boy and Robin waited. Once again, rainbow appeared and from it came Black Crane,
"Hey guys," the rainbow around her vanished, "everybody okay?" Her nose curled, "Uugggh what is that smell?" everyone pointed to the little green boy, "Dude… that is foul…" with a simple wave of her left hand, Beast Boy was surrounded in a force field; the smell contained, "now then… Mister Clayface ready to transport?"
"Yep; right behind you." Miss Martian pointed.
Crane turned around and saw Clayface hard as stone,
"Aww… too bad… I can't mold him into a bug and squish him," she shrugged, "oh well; there's always next time," extending her arms to her side, a larger rainbow bubble began to engulf Clayface and herself, "see you guys back in the Cave." In a blink, they were gone.
~Mount Justice, January 1st, 18:18 or 6:18pm~
Getting back before Delta Squad, Black Crane was standing off the side of the training circle; watching Lagoon Boy and Nightwing fight. With her arms folded, she watched Lagoon Boy go down and punch the floor,
"Neptune's beard! You did it to me again," Nightwing stood over him and extended a hand to help him up, "I don't care how many years you trained as Robin then Nightwing," he was pulled to his feet, "one of these days, you're mine chum."
"I don't doubt it Lagoon Boy."
Crane smiled then shook his head,
"He's mine before that Lagoon Boy I can promise you that. After all these years, I will beat you one day soon."
"We'll see." Nightwing smirked at her. Over the course of two years, they had grown close again like they were when he was 13/14 and she was 12/13. They were more professional and leaderlike around the Team but continued to tease and pick on each other.
"RECOGNIZED SUPERBOY B05! MISS MARTIAN B06! BUMBLEBEE BEE B18! BEAST BOY B20! ROBIN B21! BLUE BEETLE B23!" The computer announced the return of Delta Squad.
Bumble Bee returned to normal size as her boyfriend Mal Duncan greeted her,
"Slow down beautiful. Wanna tell you what's on for tonight."
Bumble Bee removed her hood,
"Ohh sorry Mal I can't. I'm already late for a lab session with Doctor Palmer; rain check baby okay?" She ran down a hallway leaving Mal to feel heartbroken.
"Rain check… sure."
"Welcome home Angelfish." Lagoon Boy embraced Miss Martian.
"Thank you La'gaan." They kissed making Superboy walk past in disapproval.
"I'm hitting the showers."
"Now THAT sounds like a plan," Blue Beetle changed into Jaime Reyes, "you know, for you amano." Jaime walks away from the smelling Beast Boy who flicks his tail.
Robin approached Nightwing and Black Crane,
"I got confirmation that Clayface is safely back in his Arkham cell. The drop was a success."
Nightwing smiled at the young Robin,
"Good work."
"I didn't do much, I just…" Robin began to say when he paused.
"Emergency alert," Captain Atom's face appeared on a giant holo-screen, "United Nations Headquarters is under attack."
Mal was looking at the Com locations,
"Beta is only two blocks away."
"Captain Atom, the Team's Beta Squad is in the vicinity. ETA 3 minutes." Nightwing informed Captain Atom.
Crane grew worried; Beta consisted of Batgirl and Wonder Girl. These two had completely different fighting styles; Wonder Girl was more head on while Batgirl was more wait for the right moment to strike.
"It that wise? Those two have totally different styles."
Smiling, Nightwing nodded,
"They'll work it out. Besides… I feel like beating someone else's butt today."
Crane grinned,
"If you can even get near it…"
The training circle cleared as Nightwing and Crane stepped onto it. In their battle stances, they watched the clock countdown. But before they could start, Crane's phone went off,
"Hold that thought…" she answered it… "Yeah… whoa whoa slow down what's going on… uh huh… are you sure… alright I'm on my way…" she hung up, "rain check on that butt whopping…"
"What's going on?"
"Nicki's all hysterical; she found a letter on Caroline's grave addressed to Outrage…" Nightwing's eyes grew wide, "it's the third one this week."
"Who is it from?"
"She doesn't know but she's freaking out… she thinks whomever it's from knows who she is…"
Thinking to himself, Nightwing nodded,
"Go… we'll be okay here."
"I won't be long. Keep me in contact with Beta's status." She went through the zeta tubes.
"RECOGNIZED BLACK CRANE B02!"
~Gotham City, Black Crane and Nicki's POV~
Flying above the city, Black Crane arrived at Gotham Cemetery. Touching the ground, she went around the gravestones; how she hated cemeteries at night. Twenty yards in front of her she saw Nicki kneeling in front of a grave marked "Caroline Hyle. Loving Wife and Mother."
"Nicki," Crane appeared behind her, "you okay?" Not sure what to say, Nicki held out the letter. Carefully reading over it, Crane grew worried, "You have no idea whom it's from?" Nicki shook her head, "When did you get the first one?"
"Around December 18th… I think…At first it only came once a week; now it's more frequent… and more threatening."
"Does your Father know about them?"
"No… I can't tell him. What if it's Thomely's people… or Dricker's? What if they figured out I was Outrage?"
Crane folded the letter,
"Nicki calm down… I'll give this to Night when I get back okay? We'll look into this."
Panic and fear took over Nicki's face,
"You guys were right… I never should've become Outrage; they're not going to stop until they find me…and kill me."
"We won't let that happen you know that. I'll take you home; no one will think about attacking you if I'm around," nodding, Nicki stood up, "alright…" with her arms extended again, a rainbow bubble teleported them to Nicki's house, "just stay inside, lock everything you can and email me copies of the other letters. Night and I will look them over when I get back okay?"
"Okay… thanks."
"Hey, it's what I'm here for; it's what I do." Giving a small smile, Nicki went into her house, "If it is them… then we have a problem…" she pushed off the ground and flew over Gotham. Using a zeta tube, she appeared in the Cave.
~Mount Justice~
"RECOGNIZED BLACK CRANE B02!"
By now, everyone had gone home; Nightwing was the only person left.
"Back already?"
"Told you I wouldn't be long." She stood next to him.
"How is she?"
Making a holo-keyboard, Crane checked her email,
"She's worried; she fears it's Thomely's or Dricker's guys. I told her to email me copies of the other letters she has; I have the one she got today. Told her we'd look into it; there they are." Screen after screen popped up in front of her with the letters.
"Angel… you know how I feel about Nicki but we can't keep doing this. Caroline's case was closed years ago; it's done."
"Caroline's case may be done… but what if Thomely's or Dricker's people discovered she was Outrage for that time? What if they want her dead because she was responsible for the big guys to be arrested?"
"Thomely and Dricker are dead! All of their people are behind bars and won't be getting out anytime soon!"
Crane looked at him,
"Do you really believe we found ALL of them? Every single one?" Nightwing couldn't say anything, "I didn't think so. She's my best friend; I won't let anything happen to her. I'll figure this out with or without you." She began reading the letters.
Knowing he couldn't sit back and let her do this, he brought over a letter,
"This one's dated the 25th."
"That's the 2nd one… I've got the first one here."
Quietly reading the letters, they went in chronological order until the most recent.
"Well," Nightwing finished the last one, "from what I've read… I don't think it's Thomely's guys; the grammar is horrible and the language is not one from someone who is well educated."
"See I disagree. The one's I've read are very articulate, very well spoken and subtle over what they threatening."
Nightwing raised an eyebrow,
"How?"
"Like here… line 13," line 13 was highlighted, "Because of your actions, we are forced to live in hiding; unable to show our faces. Out of work, there is only one course of action left; to find you and show you our frustration. We will find you…"
Nightwing looked over the letters Crane was reading,
"They must be working together…"
"That's what I'm afraid of…" Crane saved the emails, "but why are they just going after her? We were involved too; they should be coming after us too."
"They know we have the training. Outrage is an easier target than us," Crane became worried, "don't worry… we won't let anything happen to her, I promise."
Smiling, Crane blushed,
"I'm going to go to sleep. See you in the morning."
"Okay, goodnight Angel."
"Goodnight boy." Crane left and went to her room in the Cave.
The next day was spent investigating the letters. Everyone began to wonder what they were working on but Crane or Nightwing would never tell them; this was their mission… their problem.
"Come on guys what is going on?" Bumble Bee kept bugging them.
"It's just something from a few years ago; it's nothing we can't handle."
Towering over their shoulders, Superboy noticed the name,
"Outrage… who is he?"
"Is he gonna be a new member?"
"No… and it's a she," Crane pulled up a surveillance video from across the cemetery, "we need to figure out the exact times the letters were placed. Maybe then I'd be able to wait for them the next time a letter is dropped."
Nightwing was watching the tape from the 25th,
"There! 7:45pm. What time does she usually go?"
"Around 8:30ish; that was the time Caroline died."
Fast forwarding to 8:30, Nightwing saw her,
"There…!"
Crane watched the video,
"He stayed behind to make sure she got the letter… I'm going there… tonight…"
"Someone want to explain to us what is going on?" Beast Boy yelled.
Looking at each other, Nightwing nodded. Sighing, Crane started,
"Outrage is a friend of mine… she's currently retired. 4years ago, Outrage's Mother Caroline was killed by a mob boss, Freddy Dricker. After a long year of looking into it, we discovered that Dricker was hired by Harry Thomely; a business man in Gotham who wanted to buy Caroline's Father's company for dirt cheap and the only way he could do that was to manipulate Outrage's Father. After buying $50million from Dricker, Outrage's Father had no way to pay it back; so Dricker found a new way."
"By killing Caroline."
"Exactly. Batman, Crane, myself, Outrage and the old Robin confronted Thomely and Dricker in a warehouse on the outskirts of Gotham. They were arrested and convicted. They are… no longer alive."
"Recently, Outrage contacted me and told me she has been receiving letters; threatening to find her and kill her but she has no idea who they are from. She fears they're from the remaining people under Thomely and Dricker."
Robin stared at the screen; he knew who Outrage was and feared for her. She was part of the family now since she and Jason dated,
"Are the letters from…?"
"We're not sure… I'm going to the cemetery tonight and staking out the place; seeing if someone leaves another letter on Caroline's grave."
"What are you gonna do if it is Thomely's or Dricker's guys?"
"Interrogate them; then take them to the Commissioner."
The Team shrugged; they knew Crane or Nightwing wouldn't let them get involved… this was their thing.
"I want everyone investigating the incident at the United Nations," Nightwing changed the subject, "what happened was not normal and needs to be stopped."
"On it!" The Team hollered then went off.
That night, Crane went to the gravesite while Nightwing was in the Cave and was watching through the security camera across the street. No one showed that night so Crane planned on going the next night.
~January 3rd, The Watchtower~
"See, See? The big alien rips open the phony security Tseng and pulls out… the little alien…"
"I'd like to show him what a real alien can rip open." Crane folded her arms; how she hated that G. Gordon Godfrey.
"Oh I know what you're saying folks. Good old G. Gordon's lost it. What's this; the 8th billionth time he's run that clip?"
"You'll be running after your head if I had my choice." Nightwing stared at her, "What? The guy's a jerk... who does he think he is talking about aliens like that?"
G. Gordon continued,
"But that's because I'm trying to WAKE… YOU… UP! Turn and look at the person next to you my friends; how can you be sure he… or she… is even human?! When is the all mighty Justice League gonna find a way to scam for these aliens! Who exactly are they trying to protect?"
"Not your sorry butt I can promise you that bucko!"
"Okay sure…Superman and the Manhunter from Mars seem to be on the side of the angels but… that's two aliens in the good column and two in the bad."
Crane threw her arms up,
"Oh sure…forget the THREE aliens here…"
"Let's see if we can get some answers!"
Shaking her head, Crane couldn't hear anymore,
"And now I know why my people hate Earthlings."
The screen changed to show the Hall of Justice; Cat Grant speaking,
"Thanks Gordon. This is Cat Grant at the Hall of Justice. I'm going to try to get a statement from the two newest members of the League Zatanna and Rocket."
The girls walked behind her as Zatanna waved her off,
"No comment!"
G. Gordon began to complain about that.
"I can't take this anymore!" Crane shouted, "He wants to know what's really going on… maybe I'll go show him what a REAL alien can do!" She stormed off towards the zeta tubes.
"Hey whoa!" Nightwing ran around her, "take it easy. If you go and confront him he'll usually that as more ammo against aliens."
Snorting, Crane moved him aside,
"Not if I silence him permanently…"
Running in front of her again, he tried to stop her again,
"If you go and attack him I'll be forced to stop you… and you know I'll do it." He lowered his eyes.
Staring at him, Crane grew angry,
"You humans would stick together… Trivoyians were right…"
"You can't get mad at Nightwing Crane," John Stewart placed his left hand on her shoulder, "Godfrey has that angering effect on people."
"Who IS the big alien?" Miss Martian tried to relieve the tension; she was always good at that.
"Big guy's Lobo. He's an… intergalactic bounty hunter; extremely dangerous but he's not likely to return. The little guy's another story. That's a Krolotean; and Krolotean's always travel in packs."
"Meaning more of them are on Earth."
"I believe my friend may have some vital information on that point," Martian Manhunter turned to a white man in a white lab coat, "some of you may not have met Adam Strange of Star Labs Ordel Initiative. He is the scientist responsible for maintaining the Zeta Beam technology we use for teleportation."
"Was wondering why a stranger was allowed on the top secret Watchtower." Superboy telepathically told the others.
"And he has a story to tell."
"It's a little… involved," Strange began to look over his shoulders, "wish I had some visual aids or something."
Crane smiled,
"Scientists… all the same."
"I can assist you with that." Manhunter's eyes began to glow red; Strange grabbed his head, "we all are linked. What you remember, we will see."
"Great… training exercise all over again."
"Quiet…"
"Uh… great…" Strange became nervous, "well…I was performing a routine zeta tube upgrade when something went wrong and I found myself transported halfway across the galaxy to a planet called Rann."
"Oh… I've heard of that planet; that's even farther than Trivoyian. Not even I have a way to get there."
Strange smiled then continued,
"There was a scientist there, Sardath. He was conducting his own experiments in enhanced, very enhanced, zeta beam technology. It took weeks to even establish basic communication. But Sardath eventually made me understand. Some of his zeta tech had been stolen."
"Fits the Krolotean M.O. Their entire culture revolves around stolen tech."
"Sardath detected transmissions between a single location on Rann and multiple locations on Earth. He was attempting to trace those when he accidentally transported me to Rann. He gave me this," Strange reached into his left lab coat pocket and pulled something out, "it detects tracader radiation and can pinpoint all the locations where Krolotean's have beamed to Earth."
"Then I'm ordering a two-pronged attack," Captain Atom informed, "we'll stage simultaneous raids on every Krolotean target on Earth while a contingent of Leaguers travel to Rann with Strange here to cut the Krolotean's off at the source."
Strange cleared his throat,
"Uh… we may have a problem with that second prong. Totally unclear on the why but Earthlings are procaine on Rann's corner of the galaxy. And these six Leaguers wanted criminals."
"What?" John Stewart Green Lantern couldn't believe it.
Crane and Nightwing said,
"BATMAN! It's the missing 16hours!"
"Agreed. Five years ago, Vandal Savage took complete mental control of the entire Justice League. These exact six Leaguers went missing for 16hours."
John Stewart Green Lantern examined the screen on Strange's device,
"Never even occurred to us that Savage sent us into space. I'll alert Hal. He and Guy are on Oa with the corp."
"Meanwhile, we have 15other active Leaguers to send to Rann to investigate."
"You're not getting it," Strange showed more images on his device, "there's a planetary watch alert on Rann for EVERY Leaguer."
"Not all of us are Leaguers," Nightwing reminded Strange, "I can send a squad to handle the Rann end of things and find out more about those missing 16hours WITHOUT causing an intergalactic incident."
Captain Atom agreed,
"Do it."
Nodding, Nightwing, Superboy, Miss Martian and Crane began to leave.
"Uh, if you're going, don't wear the shirt." Strange pointed out to Superboy.
The four stopped in front of Zatanna and Rocket.
"You know the thing about you guys not being Leaguers; you three still have an open invitation."
"We know Z…" The nickname… the first time Nightwing's used it in a long time; and he said it with a smile.
"But we're all pretty happy…"
"Where we are." Superboy ended.
Crane headed for the zeta tubes; not saying anything to anyone. She didn't get an invitation to join the League because she was only 17 but she proved herself enough. Captain Marvel is really 10… what is so different than her?
"RECOGNIZED BLACK CRANE B02!" Crane left the Watchtower and returned to Mount Justice.
~Mount Justice, January 4th, 20:00~
"It's all hands on deck. The League and the Team will hit all 14 Krolotean zeta locations simultaneously. Their priorities are to destroy all zeta tubes or platforms; and to search for any humans the aliens may have abducted. As always, Mal is ops manager, coordinating coms from here."
"Come on Alpha Squad." Lagoon Boy hoped.
"Wonder Girl, you and I are Alpha."
Wonder Girl fist pumped,
"Yes!"
"Neptune's Beard…"
"Assignment… Philadelphia. Batgirl, Bumble Bee; you two and Wolf are Beta," Lagoon Boy growled, "assignment… Vlatavastok. Robin, La'gaan, Beetle; your Gamma. Prep the bio-ship; you're headed for New Orleans."
"Gamma always gets the soft-gigs." La'gaan and Beetle headed for the hanger while Robin lingered behind.
"Tim, you're running Gamma."
Tim's eyes went wide behind his black mask,
"Me? Dick I've never led a squad before."
"Making this a good opportunity to get your feet wet as a field leader."
"Because it's Gamma and you're not expecting trouble? Or because we're stretched thin and you have no choice?"
Nightwing thought of the proper thing to say,
"Just don't die… okay?" Tim's eyes went wide in fear, "and take no unnecessary risks to the squad; that's an order."
Tim nodded then ran after his squad. Nightwing began to leave.
"Uh… hello? What about me?" Crane had her left hand on her hip, "where am I headed?"
"You… you're on probation."
"WHAT?! You can't be serious?"
"The way you acted on the Watchtower… the things you said were uncalled for and not proper for my 2nd in command. Until further notice, you're on probation." Nightwing continued on his way to leave with Wonder Girl.
Not believing what she just heard, Crane grunted and stormed off to the gym.
~Black Crane's POV~
Locking the door behind her, Crane removed her costume and became Angelee again. Taking long deep breaths, she went over to the punching bag and began swinging at it. Grunt after grunt, she felt her anger begin to grow. Punch after punch, her anger grew and grew. With a final swing, the punching bag slit open; sand pouring out. Falling to the floor, she held her head. What was going on with her? Why was she so angry recently?
"Seems like something is upsetting you."
~Mal and Angelee's POV~
"Everything alright?"
"Does everything look alright?"
Mal came over and pulled her up,
"It's not very often you're out of your Black Crane suit. What's going on?"
Brushing the sand off her, Angelee told him,
"Everything Godfrey said is getting under my skin. I'm angry all the time… and I'm taking it out the only way I can; against other people. It doesn't matter who it is… I got so angry at what Godfrey said that I said some totally uncalled for things to Night…" she sighed, "I wasn't acting how the 2nd in command should act…I owe Nightwing an apology… don't I?"
Mal nodded,
"I should say so…"
Sighing again, Angelee agreed,
"You're right… thanks Mal."
"Anytime. Come on, you can help operate coms."
"Be right there; have to get the suit back on."
Mal left the gym; leaving Angelee to think about her earlier actions. Realizing she broke the punching bag, she floated all the sand to a garbage bin and replaced the ripped punching bag with a new one. Pulling the red and black suit on again, she was Black Crane again. Floating to the Mission Room, she saw Mal looking at the locations of each squad.
"Gamma Squad to Cave; we're in position."
"Acknowledged Gamma. All Team squads and Justice League units are in place and ready. Go time!"
Black Crane stood next to Mal,
"How are things looking?"
"All teams are in place; it's about to go down."
"Gamma to cave; there's no zeta tube here. No Kroloteans, no hidden entrance."
Mal examined a radiation scanner,
"Watchtower sensors still trace zeta radiation from the site."
"Confirmed; but the radiation signature is coming from… below the water line."
Crane looked at the GPS locations of each squad,
"I hope they're okay."
"I'm sure they're fine."
"Gamma to Cave; we hit the mother load," Robin informed, "huge base… alien tech, multiple zeta… uh… platforms. And more Kroloteans than I can count."
"Acknowledged. Will send back up; until then… lay low…"
"Forget what Night said… I'm going in!" Crane sent their GPS signal to herself, "if he calls… tell him to link me. He'll know what that means." Dashing for the zeta tubes, she was gone.
~New Orleans~
Reaching the French Quarter, Crane flew over the city towards Gamma Squad's coordinates.
"Gamma come in. I'm on my way! Hang tight!"
"Sooner than later preferably…"
~Mount Justice~
"Beta to Cave. We found a zeta platform, the kind Strange's describe; there were two Kroloteans here but they zetad away before we could apprehend. No human prisoners."
"Acknowledged. Destroy the platform and report back."
Alpha to Cave. One platform; now un-operational. One Krolotean escaped; zero abductees."
"League units are getting the same results. Ditto Beta."
"And Gamma?"
Mal clenched his teeth,
"Yeah… about them…" he told Nightwing what Robin reported.
"We're on our way. Where's Crane?"
"Uh… gone…"
"GONE!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN GONE!?"
"She left to New Orleans already… told me to tell you to link her if you called. She said you'd know what that meant."
A long pause,
"Yeah… I know what that means."
~Black Crane's POV, New Orleans~
Reaching the junkyard, Crane saw the blown to bits tool shed,
"They were definitely here," Looking at their GPS coordinates; she went to a ravine, "an underground location… of course!" Creating a force field around her, she dove in and swam to the bottom. Swimming along the edge, she felt something pulling her to the wall. Peeking through some seaweed, she saw a metal opening; pulsing opening and closing. Getting closer, she waited for the right time then quickly swam through.
"What do you think you are doing?"
"Giving Gamma some back-up what do you think?"
"You're supposed to be on probation."
Crane went invisible and waited under the surface,
"Now is not the time to be lecturing me about my 'probation' problem. Right now, you and the others need to get here; there are A LOT of Kroloteans here." Popping her head above the surface, she saw Blue, Lagoon Boy and Robin fighting the Kroloteans. Noticing a large pack behind Blue, she flew up and shot a large wave of white energy at them.
"Black Crane!" Blue smiled.
~Gamma Squad POV~
Flying beside Blue, Black Crane became visible again,
"Sorry it took so long… was getting a boring lecture from Nightwing."
"About what?" Blue fired his pulse cannon.
Crane used her telekinesis to send some Kroloteans into the wall,
"Violating my probation."
"You're on probation!?" Robin threw some smoke bombs at another small group.
"Long story…" Crane sent another wave of white energy to a pack.
Firing his pulse again, the Kroloteans screeched than began to run in fear.
"Whoa… what did you do to tick them off?"
"Man, they really don't like you. I'm jealous." Lagoon Boy shrank to normal size.
The zeta platforms glowed as a large group of Kroloteans escaped.
"He said what?"
"I said I'm jealous don't rub it in."
"Not you! The jefa over there!" Blue pointed to the general.
Down on the ground, Robin was knocking the Kroloteans away with his staff,
"Wait you can understand the screeching? How?"
"I… I don't know exactly but I can. Jefa's ordering all the Kroloteans to zeta off world. He says he's ordered the base to self-destruct in four minutes!"
"Four minutes? Plenty of time!"
"Then we're getting out. Anything else I need to know?" Robin asked while Crane and Blue landed next to him.
"He said something about sacrificing the play things below."
"Play things…" Robin put the pieces together, "aw man the abductees!"
"Okay then… maybe four minutes isn't plenty of time."
"3 minutes 30seconds essi then boom!"
"Nightwing said no unnecessary risks to the squad… but this is necessary! Below! We have to get below! Crane, I'm gonna need your teleportation ability here!"
Crane smiled; he was taking the leadership role perfectly,
"You got it Mister Leader!"
One after another, they flew down a hole in the side of the wall to an underground dungeon.
"Grab him!"
Blue Beetle grabbed hold of a left behind Krolotean.
"Hello… is there someone there? Please, get us out."
Robin ran over to a holding cell while Crane flew behind him.
"It's Robin!"
"The Boy Wonder!"
"Thank heaven."
They all gasped when Lagoon Boy and Blue Beetle came up behind them then cowered,
"More aliens."
"Soo not in the mood for this." Holding her palms towards the cage, Crane ripped the cage open, "if you people want to get out of here, I highly suggest taking my hands."
Once the cage was open, Lagoon Boy helped each one,
"We're sorry… we didn't mean…"
"It's alright; I get that a lot chum."
"Crane, get them out of here!"
"I can get all of us out here!" the crowd gathered around Crane.
"Ask him the fastest way out!" Robin instructed Blue.
"Dude, I don't speak the… wait what you can…what are you waiting for?"
Lagoon Boy stood next to Robin as he watched in fear,
"Blue's an odd little fish… isn't he?"
Just then, Blue began to speak the Krolotean's language,
"This way!"
"Crane! Get all of them out of here!"
"Not without you guys; I can teleport all of us!"
"Go! That's an order!"
Knowing she was about the biggest mistake of her life, she took the hands of two abductees as they made a chain. But before the rainbow could circle them, the counter went off and the base began to explode. Acting quickly, she made a huge force field around the squad and the abductees,
"HUDDLE TOGETHER! STAY CLOSE!" She began to fly towards the exit; all the abductees and squad behind her in a field. Reaching the surface, she lowered the field; everyone gasping for breath. Floating on the surface of the water, Crane felt herself becoming weak.
"Whoa," La'gaan swam over and supported her, "you okay?"
"Just a bit weak… had to create a thick enough force field to support the explosion and the water. I'd be fine if it was just me but for everybody… took more out of me than I thought."
Smiling at the success, Robin's enjoyment time was cut short when Blue called him,
"Uhhh… Rob…"
The squad turned towards the sky to see Superman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Hawk Girl, Hawkman and Red Tornado approach; Zatanna, Captain Marvel, Icon, Rocket and Captain Atom right behind. As if that wasn't bad enough, John Stewart Green Lantern came in with Plastic Man, Black Canary, Green Arrow and Static Shock on a green disc; Aquaman, Flash and Batman on a golden Ankh from Doctor Fate; Supercycle carrying Wonder Girl, Wolf, Nightwing, Bumble Bee and Batgirl. Nightwing just stared down at Gamma.
"Great… here comes two more lectures for me today…" Crane sulked.
But what Nightwing said shocked everybody,
"Dude way to get your feet wet!" He leaned over the helm of the Supercycle.
Gamma smiled; Black Crane ruffling Robin's hair,
"You did good kid, you did good."
Okay, here is Happy New Year. I was able to fit the entire episode into one chapter but don't expect that for future chapters; I usually like to separate it and make it two parts but this one didn't have to do that. The next chapter is entitled "Earthlings" which is supposed to focus on Miss Martian, Superboy and Beast Boy on Rann with Adam Strange but instead I'm changing the focus to the rest of the Team on Earth. Zeta team will still be on Rann but the focus won't be on them. So the timeline is this… after "Earthlings" is "Alienated" where the six Leaguers leave for Rimbor, then "Salvage" where Crane, Wally, Nightwing and others track down Red Arrow; after that is "Beneath" where the girls from the Team; minus Black Crane go to Bialya; "Bloodlines" when Impulse/ Bart Allen comes from the future and exposes the futures of Dick and Angelee; that is also where they relationship changes then finally, we get to my first own episode of the season titled "Back to Trivoyian." The original team, without Aqualad, goes back to Trivoyian for a horrible event. No spoilers here sorry; have to wait find out what happens but it's going to be good. So I hope everyone bears with me; I'm really anxious to write this season; so many ideas for the latter episodes. Please review and enjoy.