A/N: Thank you to PikaWings and TheDcGeek who took the time to review my last chapter! I am open to suggestions, so if you want to see the team eat an ice cream monster or fight the philsbury dough boy, tell me and I'll try to incorporate it into the story somewhere! Review?
Dick's eyes fluttered open as the sun's first rays came through the window. He laid in bed for a couple moments, waiting for his mild headache to go away. Dick got out of bed and dressed in a hoodie, a pair of grey pants, and a green shirt. He walked down the stairs quietly. Normally, he would have slid down the banister, but today he wasn't exactly feeling the aster. Bruce, who was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee, noticed this and asked, "Are you all right?" His voice contained a hint of concern.
"Not exactly feeling the aster. I had a mild headache this morning, and I'm feeling slightly dizzy right now." The boy admitted.
"I'll ask j'onn to see if there is anything wrong." Bruce said as he sipped his coffee, concern lacing his voice.
(An hour later…)
The martian closed his eyes as he put his hands on the young boy's head. He opened them a moment later, to find himself within a tunnel of sorts. As he walked along the tunnel, he saw many memories. There was a memory that looked to be one in what humans called a 'circus', and it radiated strong feelings of fear. j'onn stumbled as the fear began to overwhelm him. He quickly passed the more powerful memories and headed to the newer ones. He saw that about 4 years of memories were covered with a thin haze that blurred them slightly, but didn't seem to be doing any damage. He concentrated on lifting the haze, and to his surprise, the thin fog disappeared quickly than he had anticipated. Aboard the watchtower, Robin's headache subsided, and the martian opened his eyes.
"Your mind seems to be fairly normal. There were not very many complications, and the only issue I found was a thin fog attempting to cloud your memories." The martian said. Batman tensed slightly, although none noticed except the boy wonder. J'onn continued. "Your mind was already fighting the fog, which is what I would assume caused your headache." Batman relaxed. "It was very easy to remove the veil, and your memoirs should be fine." The martian then turned to the team. "Although I fear the others may not be as simple."
J'onn placed his hand atop aqualad's head, who flinched at the martian's touch. J'onn opened his eyes to see an underwater city. "This was… unexpected." The martian remarked. He floated along the paths, and peered into one of the homes. He saw a memory of aqualad being rescued by aquaman. The martian passed by, and looked in several more houses. Finally, he came across an unusual memory. Instead of an image, the memory seemed to be a thick cloud. J'onn concentrated on the veil, but to no avail. The only difference that he could see when he opened his eyes was that he could now see a very faint outline of a girl and a boy. It was too blurry to make out anything else. J'onn could also sense that the memory was slowly deteriorating, but it was not quick enough to be worrying. He looked around the rest of the town before surfacing.
"So?" Aquaman asked when the martian's eyes stopped glowing.
"His mind was somewhat difficult to navigate, although that is typically not an issue. There was a fog attempting to veil his memories as well, but this one was much stronger. I was unable to remove the haze, and I have also found that the fog is causing his memories to slowly deteriorate." The martian said.
"Am I going to forget everything?" Kaldur's slightly higher pitched voice asked, drawing the attention of the heroes to him.
"Kaldur, I promise we will try our best to help you, okay?" Aquaman put his hand on the blonde boy's shoulder.
Robin frowned as he heard j'onn's reports on his friends. Batman saw his protégé's frown, and went to the boy wonder's side.
"It hurts to forget." Robin whispered. Batman stared at his partner and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Remember that mission in Bialya?" Robin began, and the dark knight nodded. "It was a terrible feeling, not remembering my past. It was like missing a piece of myself. Even if it was only six months, it still hurt." He gestured to the team. "They're missing several years. One can only imagine." He looked up at the caped crusader. "It wasn't an asterous feeling." He smiled lightly.
"Robin, we'll help them. I promise." Batman said, a hint of sympathy in his voice. A faint encouraging smile found its way to his face, and it lingered for a moment before it dissapeared. J'onn arched an eyebrow when he saw the smile, but didn't say anything otherwise to alert the other leaguers.
Robin opened up a file on his holographic computer as the dynamic duo was driving back to gotham, and analyzed the information. He thought he saw something, and turned to batman. "It could be nothing, but…" Robin opened up several files. "Look. I was the only one who was a hero at the age of 9. The rest of the team became heroes at the age of 10 and older." Batman arched an eyebrow. The chemical was sensitive to heroics? It seemed unlikely to the dark knight, but he told Robin that he would investigate it anyway. His words fell on deaf ears as he heard gentle breathing in the passenger seat. He took his eyes off the road for a moment and peeked at the boy wonder, who had curled up in the seat. A smile somehow found its way to batman's face, and he gently shook his head and chuckled as the batmobile sped down the roads of gotham.
A/N: I apologize if this is a bit short, and also for any errors I made in this. I might decide to make a pineapple eat the WayneTech building next chapter, or maybe a marshmallow man could eat the team! I don't know yet, but it might involve the team saving the day by eating something. What fun! Review?
