A/N: Well, here's the official chapter one. Took me awhile to finish this one up due to some extreme writer's block. I wasn't sure what to do with the chapter and finally settled on this. Hope you enjoy!
P.S: Sorry if there are any grammatical errors, although I think this chapter is clean.
Chapter 1: Trapped
It was a calm day on Mount Justice. Megan was in the kitchen cooking up another recipe she saw on a tv show. Conner was standing at the edge of the kitchen watching her prepare the treat.
" Oh Super- err, Conner. These brownies are gonna be great!" She exclaimed with joy as she stuck them in the oven. Conner nodded. Robin and Kaldur a television show together. Everything was nice and peaceful until the two lovers, as Robin called them, stormed in.
" Look what this idiot did to one of my arrows!" Artemis yelled in anger. She held up an arrow that was snapped in two and glared at Wally.
" It was an accident just chill." Artemis was fuming now.
" CHILL? CHILL! YOU WANT ME TO CHILL WHEN YOU JUST BROKE ONE OF MY ARROWS! ONLY YOU WOULD BE DUMB ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING CARELESS LIKE THIS!" Artemis screamed at the top of her lungs. Wally winced as his eardrums rang from her anger. She stormed away muttering some very vulgar words about Wally.
Wally sighed and plopped down on the couch next to Robin. He was laughing his head off.
" Dude, you gotta be more careful. The next thing you do to her, she'll probably kill you!" Kaldur nodded in agreement.
" The brownies are ready!" Megan called from the kitchen. Everyone, including Artemis, came to the kitchen and took a piece.
" You've outdone yourself babe." Wally said with a flirtatious wink. Megan laughed nervously while Conner rolled his eyes. They were all just relaxing in the kitchen talking when Red Tornado walked in.
" Get ready. Batman needs you." He turned around and walked off. The teammates all shared a glance, shrugged, and went off to change.
Briefing Area
Batman was pacing back and forth when the team walked in. Robin came up to him and looked at him confused. Batman was usually never nervous about anything.
" Hey Batman, you look on edge. Finally got another mission for us?" He asked curiously. Batman nodded.
" It seems a certain criminal mastermind has just escaped captivity." Before Wally could raise his hand, Batman answered his question." And by captivity, I mean an asylum. The Arkham Asylum to be specific." Robin's face went grim.
" Wait, the Arkham Aslyum?" Batman nodded." So isn't the only person we know of there is..." He trailed off. Batman sighed.
" Unfortunately, yes Robin. The Joker has escaped." Everyone's face was grim now. They knew that was Batman arch nemesis. Now that he's escaped, who knows what he's gonna do.
" Well what do we do Batman? Track him down?" Kaldur asked. Batman shook his head.
" All I need you guys to do is head to the Arkham Aslyum tonight, and secretly investigate. We need to find any clues that might lead us to where he might be headed. Then I guess, you track him down." Kaldur nodded.
" Come on guys, let's take the bio ship." Megan said to the team. They nodded and proceeded to the bio ship.
That Night
The bio ship soared through the skies with the team inside.
"Coordinates received Batman. Setting course for Arkham Aslyum." Megan said to Batman over the radio. The bio ship turned and headed for their destination.
" Hope we don't run into trouble considering I'm one arrow short." Artemis said glaring at Wally.
" Oh please, you have like 100 others." Wally responded rolling his eyes. Artemis scoffed and crossed her arms.
The ship slowed down and was now landing. Superboy chuckled as he got out of his seat. The team stepped off in camouflage mode and looked around the roof for an entrance.
" I think were gonna have to go in through the front door." Artemis said. Robin nodded and whispered something in her ear.
At the front door, an arrow shot down with a rope attached to it. The security guard looked at it strangely and went to observe it. As he bent down, Wally slid down the rope and kicked him right on the head. The guard fell down unconscious. The rest of the team followed him down.
" Oh look, cloudy with a chance of idiots." Artemis said glaring at Wally. Robin chuckled and even Conner had to smile at that. Kaldur sighed.
" Artemis I know you are mad, but you have to forget about the incident for this mission." Artemis rolled her eyes "whatever".
The team proceeded to enter the asylum. They knocked out any guard they saw before the guard even flinched. They approached the third floor and saw the Joker's room at the end of the hallway. It had a crime scene tape on it and the team jumped over it. The room looked like a normal room except for the newspaper clippings of Batman strewn all over the floor.
" Geez, someone is vengeful." Wally said observing one of the clippings. Conner was walking around when he stopped and froze up.
" Something wrong Conner?" Megan asked concerned. He nodded and pointed to Wally.
" Don't move. At all." Wally looked afraid.
" Why Superboy, is there some kind of trap?" Robin asked.
" Now why would there be a trap in the middle of an asylum room?" Wally asked chuckling. He decided to take the step anyways. Big mistake. The room spiraled into chaos when he made that one move.
Two pads flew open on the wall and two ropes flew out. They latched onto Artemis who was knocked to the ground by its force. It tied around her and Robin fell next to her also tied up. Two claws flew out another two pads on the wall and locked Wally and Kaldur against the wall. Pads from the ceiling opened up this time and shot out string which dangled Conner and Megan from the ceiling.
" Good job Wally! This is why you listen to the guy with super hearing!" Conner roared in anger.
" I'm sorry, I just thought-" Wally was cut off. A speaker crackled to life and the door slammed shut. An evil cackle filled the room.
" That is way too familiar!" Robin said now shaking in his ropes. The cackle finally ended and a familiar creepy voice began to talk.
" Well, well, well, I knew you'd come at the first sign of trouble Batman!" The voice spat. Artemis raised an eyebrow confused.
" Does he honestly think we're Batman?"
" Well he doesn't know about this team. So yes he does." Kaldur responded.
" I didn't think you would be stupid enough to fall into this trap so easily. Usually, you're one step ahead of me. Looks like I finally outsmarted you!" The voice cackled again, creeping everyone out.
" Blood is rushing to my head." Conner said with an aggravated tone. Kaldur was struggling to break free and Megan was trying to fly away from the string.
" You have about 10 minutes to escape Batman. If you don't, this whole room goes down in flames! So I suggest you get to work. Or not!" The voice cackled again and then the speaker shut off.
" Alright guys we have ten minutes. We can do this!" Robin cried out. He sounded nervous for once. Artemis looked around the room. Conner was shaking his head, Megan was still trying to fly away, Wally was running against the claw, Kaldur was still struggling, and Robin was just squirming around nervously.
" We're doomed."
Well that's it for this chapter. Will they escape? You'll just have to wait another week or so!