Chapter 2: Is This Wonderland Or Some Horror Movie?
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"What are we going to do? Those guys in the costumes want to kill us, Klarion is here apparently, and wants to kill us, and we can't just take Rob to the hospital! Where are we anyway?" Kid Flash rambles nervously, looking around before setting his sights on his best friend. Superboy follows his gaze, looking down at the bird in his arms.
"He's warm…warmer than humans should be…and his pulse is increasing." The others glance over in the clone's direction in shock.
"He's probably going into shock. Who knows how long he's been hiding that wound….stupid Bats." Artemis grumbles, crossing her arms. "What he needs is a hospital."
"If we do that, those SuperCreeps will find us!" The ginger exclaims, his arms flailing wildly. Artemis raises an eyebrow.
"SuperCreeps?"
"What? They just started attacking us for no reason!" Kid Flash glares at the archer, crossing his arms as well. Before they could start arguing again, Aqualad cuts them off.
"We should not waste our time arguing. What we need to do is-" An explosion off to the side interrupts him. The five teens whip their heads in the direction of the noise. Their eyes widen, seeing a large black, gooey, blob slithering towards them.
"Ok. What the hell is that?" Artemis exclaims, whipping out her bow and knocks an arrow from her quiver. The monster suddenly separates into five more blobs and starts racing towards the heroes.
"Everyone tread carefully. We do not yet know what these creatures are." Aqualad states, pulling out his water barrers. Superboy's grip on Robin tightens protectively as the rest of the team creates a protective arch around them. "Make sure they do not get close to Robin."
"You got it!" Kid Flash calls out, lowering his goggles to get ready for the attack. The creatures let out an earsplitting shriek before lunging for the six teens.
Batman waits impatiently at Mountain for the Young Justice team to call, constantly checking for any kind of transmission. They should have called by now. The plan was for them to distract the Light long enough for the League to show up. However, the plan had gone wrong. The League had not been able to track the team, or get in touch with them. Batman had made several attempts to make contact with them, but received no response. What was the most concerning was that he could not reach his partner. Red Tornado walks up to him and places a comforting hand on the Dark Knight's shoulder.
"They will contact us when they can. Perhaps they have not found the Light yet." The robot tries to reason, but Batman brushes the android's hand off.
"Robin contacted me the moment they found the Light. His signal was cut off before he could get the whole message through." The Bat starts typing quickly on the main computer, pulling up his partner's message. It read: 'RaG, LL, QB, K, VS, tB, OM'. Red Tornado looks up at the screen curiously.
"Have you figured out what the message means?"
"I think they're initials…probably listing the members of the Light." Batman's eyes narrow. "I plan on having a visit with the first name on the list."
"And who would that be?"
"Ra's al Ghul." With that, Batman spins on his heel and stalks out of the room, heading for the zeta beam transporter.
The Titans make it out of the building before it crumbled. With the help of Beast Boy and Raven's powers, they were also able to drag out the unconscious Cinderblock in time as well. Starfire looks back at the rubble sadly as Robin calls the police to inform them of Cinderblock's location.
"Friend Robin…why did those strange people call one of their friends 'Robin'?" She asks, glancing back at their leader. Robin's eyes narrow as he quickly scans the area for any sign of where they could have headed.
"I have no idea…but we need to find out. This could be one of Slade's tricks."
"Well, they couldn't have gotten far. I-" Before Cyborg could finish his sentence, they hear an explosion coming from nearby. "Or maybe they're right there."
"Whoever they are, we can't let them destroy our city. Capture them so we can interrogate them." Robin commands, taking off towards the explosion with his team close behind.
Once the Titans reach the area where the explosion originated, they were greeted with a sight that none of them were expecting. The unconscious boy that the other team had called 'Robin' was halfway engulfed into one of the enormous black blob creatures as the large, muscular, raven haired teen tried desperately to free his friend. The silver haired teen rushes over to them, trying to help yank the boy out.
"Robin!" The redhead boy calls out in a panic, suddenly appearing next to his other two comrades and trying to help in any way possible. The small teen who was engulfed in the goo stirs, and screams in shock when he sees the creature trying to eat him. He reaches into the goop to reach his utility belt, and pulls out an explosive birdarang, setting it off in the depths of the creature. The monster shrieks as the bomb erupts, blowing half of its gooey body away. The young raven haired boy flies into his friends, who stumble back, scrambling to catch him. They help the injured teen try to steady himself just as the two female members of the team make their way over to them. The green skinned girl quickly hugs the young boy as he winces slightly.
"I-I'm ok, Miss M." She lets him go, her eyes watery.
"Are you sure? You passed out and you're bleeding! What happened?" Robin sighs, wincing slightly, which doesn't go unnoticed by the rest of his team.
"Ra's is what happened. He got a hit in…but I dressed the wound. Fighting that…thing must have irritated it. I'm fine now, though." Artemis eyes him critically.
"Let us see the wound and we'll be the judge of that." Before he could retort, another one of the blobs grabs his shoulder, yanking him back into the gooey mass. "Robin!" The archer quickly knocks an arrow, firing it at the creature, but the arrow simply absorbs into the goo. Suddenly, a black shadow goes into the creature, grabs their bird, and pulls the boy out. A green ball of energy shoots out at the monster, causing it to explode. The team instantly looks over to where the attack came from to see the teens that they had run into at the warehouse. Robin coughs roughly, blood trickling out of his mouth, before collapsing. The girl in the deep blue cloak catches him, frowning as she feels how hot his skin was. She glances over to her leader, looking rather concerned.
"Robin. We need to get him medical attention quickly." The Young Justice team's eyes widen in shock as the teen in the green tights nods in agreement.
"We'll take him back to the Tower." Superboy takes a step forward threateningly.
"You're not taking him anywhere! Get your hands off of him!" He roars, about to attack. Aqualad places a restraining hand on the clone's shoulder, looking up at the other teens.
"Sorry, but we are in a strange city and do not yet know who to trust. We have been attacked every step of the way upon arriving." The other team leader nods in understanding.
"Why don't we all go back to our base and talk about this. Your friend obviously needs medical attention, and we can help." Aqualad nods slowly, dropping his hand from the clone's shoulder. Kid Flash shoots him a nervous look. Aqualad meets his gaze, nodding in confirmation.
"We do not have much of a choice. Robin needs medical attention and they are willing to help."
"I hope we can trust them…for Rob's sake." The ginger whispers, starting to follow the other team who had already started walking.
"As do I." Aqualad states quietly, following after them as well.
FN: Yay! Finally out of writers block! Sorry this took so long! . Now that I actually know somewhat where this is going, I'm hoping I can get the next chappy up faster!
