"What do you mean, she wasn't there?"

"I TOLD you! She's gone!"

"How can she be gone? She was right there?"

"ENOUGH"

The room was silenced. The eight teens squirmed under Batman's glare. "Now, WITHOUT any interruptions," their shoulders slumped,"WHAT. HAPPENED."

"I already told you! Something felt odd about her so I-"

Batman looked at him sharply. "Explain."

"Wha- Isn't that what i'm-"

"Explain," he stressed the word," what you mean about an 'odd' feeling."

He ran his hand roughly through his hair. M'gann went to touch his hand, for support, but got slapped away. "I don't . . .exactly know. . .it felt. . .like I had to get her out of there. . .that. . ." he trailed off, his voice cracking. Everyone looked at him, curious. Robin raised a brow. "Hey, it's ok, it dosn't matter if it sounds stupid you know? Besides, we-" Supermans entrance stopped him. No matter how long its been the awkwardness when the two supers were in the same room was stiffling.

Superman looked around the room, feeling out the mood...well, the mood past everyones urge to flee. "He's right." Superman refused to look at him, glueing his eyes to Batman's boots. "Every piece of information could and is vital for the success of a mission. And most of the time we'll find it vital for the future."

"IT'S NOT THAT!" Superboy snapped. " Don't you think I'd know tihat! I'm not embarrassed or trying to hide information ok?"

Superman pinned his cloned counterpart with a sneer. Before he could say anything Batman stepped between them. "Then what is it?" the black clad man asked, placing a hand on his slightly fuming friend. He gave him a the look and knew he wouldn't let him out of this one. During the silent exchange the members of Young Justice formed a half-ring around their friend; they've learned from experiance that without any intervention, things could go very ugly really soon between the two kryptonites. Superboy gave teh room an annoyed glance but continued anyway.

"It's... hard to explain..." he furrowed his brows."It's like there's this, this pull! I couldn't NOT help her!" He looked up at the adults in the room, confused. Throughout his short explanation, his voice laced with uncertainty, ended in a whisper sounding like a question instead of a statement. Batman nodded. "That's good enough for now. Continue." Superboy gave a relieved sigh.

"She looked lost and started to ask me a question but recognized me through my disguise." He sent an I-Told-You-So look at M'gann; the disguise had been her idea. Wally gave her shoulder a pat as she colored and looked away; Conner had told her his doubts about the disguise. "I covered it up so no one else could hear her and was on my way to getting her out of the building when a gas came through the vents. Then," he gave Red Arrow and Artemis a look," the roof of the hallway exploded. I got thrown away from her and . . . well, when I finally got back to where she landed: she wasn't anywhere in sight." He sent another glare towards Robin and Aqua lad; they had tried to stop him forom going back saying that they needed to get back and report. As he gave his side of things everyones eyes grew wider in shock. It wasn't what he said but the way he said it. Usually Superboy used around three tones when speaking: angry, remorseful, or indifferent. However, through the whole thing he sounded panicked, worried even. Even Superman had his eyebrows in his hair.

One word broke through two hero's shock: has. Batman and Robin looked at eachother with grim faces: the Joker. "What did it do?" they both demanded. Superboy gave them a confused look. Wally laughed behind his hand; 'like father like son' he thought. Superman picked up on it quicker. "The gas. Did it do anything?" he said before the other two could.

They young man paused, trying to remember. "N...no it only made it hard to see..."He looked up at them quizically. By then everyone (except our dear superboy) had picked up on the conversation. But the Joker's gas always did something...so if it wasn't the Joker...then who took her?

TBC

A/N

SORRY! I know I told some of you I'd update soon but I just remembered where I was goin with this story! AUGH Ik, Ik, IM A POOR EXCUSE FOR A HAMPSTER...i mean human... .

lol anyways, M&R!

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