*This fanfic alludes to my earlier work, "Working Vacation". You don't need to read the first one to understand what's going on, but it might be helpful to follow a couple references.

Again, I wrote this sometime in 2010...haven't read it since, but skimming over it I'm thinking it still might be good :) Enjoy!

The Joker grinned.

On the floor lay Red Arrow, Kid Flash, and Robin. All three were bloody and beaten, torn and a mess.

"You can't be serious, is this all you've really got?" The Joker teased, kicking Roy in the side, hard. He groaned.

The floor of the warehouse was littered with other, more anonymous bodies and fallen furniture and office supplies.

"Well it was fun while it lasted," The Joker scanned the area around him, satisfied with his work. He dropped his infamous crowbar and picked a device out of his pocket. It was wired and ready.

"And now, the grand finale," He giggled, setting the bomb into the wall. "This bomb will go off in one hour. So you must find a way to escape. Or explode…" His grin deepened, "Your choice my darlings!" He pat them on the heads before skipping out.

He stopped at the doorway though. "Oh and don't expect The League to come and save you. You're so very far out of their hands."

With that, he strolled on out, laughing maniacally.

As soon as he left the building and all was silent, Robin stirred.

He lifted his half-beaten face to the others. "Roy?" His voice cracked."Kid?"

Each moved slightly in response. A heartbeat later, Red Arrow pulled himself up with a groan. KF just shifted a little, but stayed pretty much where he was.

"We gotta find a way out of here," Red said looking around.

"How?" Robin echoed. He winced from a sudden flood of pain. "We're trapped."

"I can't believe we got ourselves into this," Kid said, trying to move some more but it was apparent one of his legs was broken. "What were we thinking?"

All three fell silent once more.

Then, "It's too late for that," Red Arrow said decidedly. "We need to find a way out. There has to be one."

He pushed himself up into a standing position, to show that he really meant it. Soon after though, he fell sideways and was forced to use the nearby wall for support.

Seeing this must've inspired Robin because he sat a little straighter and pulled his broken gadget glove from one of the heaps of stuff around the boys. "It'll take me an hour to try and fix this." He said, picking it up. Even as he spoke a piece fell off. "If I'm lucky."

"Try to get communications back online," Red nodded, "I don't believe what he says; I don't think The League is far off."

"Kid," he addressed Wally.

Wally looked up.

"Can you support yourself? I need help scanning the walls of this place for a vent or some kind of shaft."

KF nodded. His face twisted in agony as he began to stand. "Dude hand me that crowbar." He pointed.

Robin looked up as The Joker's weapon was passed to Kid Flash by Red Arrow.

Kid received it with a weak smirk. "I wish he stuck around to see that he's actually helping us."

"Don't say that," Robin chastised, returning to his work on the floor.

Red Arrow gave a nod to KF. "Let's get moving."