Stepping Up
The Grand Escape
"I want to see him," Robin told Batman.
"I have a few questions for you first."
"Fine, shoot."
"Why didn't you contact us?"
"I lost my communicator in the jungle. The battery on my computer died while I was trying to get a signal. I was lost in there for a while, when I got out, I found the village and called you."
"Did you see anyone else there?"
"No."
"You're never to leave my sight again."
"Of course, Bruce. I missed you."
"I missed you too."
The two hugged, then Batman took him to see Roy.
Roy was in a cell in the center of the Watchtower. It was boring, white walls, white floor, white ceiling. There was a bed in the corner, a small bathroom to the side. A clear sheet of plastic covered the front of the cell.
"Roy?" Robin questioned.
Roy, who was sitting on the bed, looked up at the voice. He was waiting for Broken Arrow to be put into play, waiting to loose everything. Instead, here was Robin. The same Robin who was supposed to be back at the base, making his decision. It was pretty obvious what he decided.
Then Robin wouldn't remember anything. They would have had Ghost wipe his memory of the last week, and implant memories of scrounging in the jungle.
He dipped his head back down. There was no reason to be happy to see Robin. He wouldn't remember what had happened. He wouldn't remember Rebel Justice.
"I'll leave you two alone," Batman said.
As soon as Batman left the room, Robin pulled out his holographic computer and started typing. A few minutes later, he put away the computer and pulled something out of his belt.
"Hold on Roy, I'm breaking you out."
"What?"
Robin started cutting a hole in the plastic front of the cell.
"I said, I'm breaking you out. Don't worry, I've hacked the cameras and microphones. They just hear me talking to you and you saying nothing, and they see me standing here and you just sitting. But we've got to hurry, Bats will be back soon."
"Robin, what are you doing here? What happened to Broken Arrow?"
"I decided to infiltrate the Watchtower and rescue you. They need you Red Arrow. And by the way, it's Nightwing now."
"Nightwing. It's catchy. Now, how are we going to get out of here?"
"I've hacked the system. It will put the cameras on loop for a few minutes. We'll have to quickly get to the zeta beams and get to Earth. I told Sorceress to meet us outside Mt. Justice in five minutes. She'll teleport us to the base."
An arch had been cut out of the plastic, and fell inwards. Red Arrow stepped out of the cell.
"I need my weapons."
"Hold on."
Nightwing slunk out of the room, and returned seconds later with Red Arrow's bow and quiver.
"Now let's go."
The two snuck out into the hallway. No one was in sight. Hurrying down a maze of halls, they managed to avoid any Lords. Soon, they were at the Zeta platform.
"I'm going to have to go over there and program the Zeta tubes. Keep watch for any Lords," Nightwing whispered.
He ran over to the platform and started programing in the coordinates. That's when Green Arrow decided to make an appearance.
"Hey Robin, whatcha doin'?" he asked.
Red Arrow sent out an arrow, encasing the green archer in a mountain of foam that quickly hardened into a cement like substance.
"What the? Robin, someone's attacking the Watchtower. Call Batman!"
"No."
"What? Are you joking kid? This isn't a time to joke."
Red Arrow stepped onto the platform.
"This isn't a joke Ollie. It never was," he said.
Green Arrow's eyes widened as the two former sidekicks stepped into the Zeta Tubes and were carried away.
Will Rebel Justice be caught? Will Green Arrow cause a global lockdown to look for the team? Will Shadow update soon? Find out next time!
Have an interesting day,
Shadow
