Part Two
Kid Flash was pacing the Bioship, wondering how no one had been able to put it together before. Thousands of possibilities were shooting at lightspeed through his mind, but none of them answered his question. None of them fit the circumstances.
"Wally, slow down." Artemis said with a sigh. "You're freaking us all out like this." The speedster stopped.
"Sorry." He muttered. "I'm just worried about him. I mean, sure, we tried to get through, but did we really? Did Zee's spell just tell us what we wanted to hear? Is this all one big dream?"
"If it's a dream, I'm a part of it too." Artemis said, before turning to Aqualad, "Do you think, just maybe, this is another Failsafe?" The entire Team shuddered, remembering they're one and only Failsafe.
Batman had told them on no uncertain terms that they'd take the Bioship, and he'd take the Zeta to Gotham, and head out from there.
"There is a chance that this is another Failsafe." He admitted, "But last time we went through losing our mentors emotionless. This may or may not be worse. He is a part of our Team, with what we saw, and our emotions afterward, I think it is safe to say this is not another Failsafe."
"Unless the adults snuck us into the Cave and sprung it on us." Roy said. "Although I have no clue why they'd stick me in one of these. I'm not part of your little club. No offense, but I'm not."
"None taken, Roy." Wally sadid, resuming his pacing. "My question is, how did we never figure out the connection between Nightwing and Robin?" Silence set in the Bioship, until M'ggan spoke up.
"We're here." She said, already setting up the mind link. Kaldur, what's the plan?
I'm not sure yet. Was the reply. Batman may have already gotten inside. Do you sense anything? There was a short pause.
Pain. She said. And alot of it.
Then I think it's safe to say Bats isn't here yet. Wally said. I mean, yea. We should go in, but we need to remember that we're a covert team.
Wow. Artemis said sarcastically. Baywatch actually remembered something Batman said. Wally shot here a glare, but ignored her comment.
Artemis, here's how it works with Wally. Roy said, You repeat it enough, it actually sinks into that head of his.
Hey! Wally said. Roy! Really? Here I thought you were my brother.
Quiet! Superboy said. I hear something.
Then it's not Batman. Roy replied. I've been on patrol in Gotham a few times. I've seen Batman sneak up on Superman. Amusement flooded through the mind link, and Wally took off to survey the area to find out what Superboy heard.
Guys... He said, mental voice. I found what Connor was talking about... GET INTO THE SKY, IT'S A BOMB! With that, he disappeared from the mind link as the Bioship shot into the air, and the bomb exploded.
"Wally!" Artemis said aloud. "Wally!" She started to jump out of the Bioship, but was held back by Roy, who looked like he was considering jumping himself. When Roy had decided she wasn't going to jump (which took several minutes), he turned to Miss Martian, trying to ignore the tears streaming down the female archers face as she sobbed.
"Drop me a line." He said. "I'm going down. Artemis, before you say anything, no, you're not coming. You need a clear head." The blonde archer stood up, angry at Roy, but Aqualad stepped between them.
"Artemis, Wally would not want you to go charging in, led only by your emotions, and getting yourself killed." He said. Artemis hesistated, before sitting down in one of the Bioships seats. "Roy, you're not going down alone. Take Zatanna and Superboy with you."
"Fine." He said as three lines came down. "Let's go, I guess." Superboy and Zatanna stepped forward, and clipped line to themselves.
"Remember, Red Arrow." Aqualad said, "Wally would not want you getting yourself killed either." Roy nodded, dropping out of the Bioship, with Superboy and Zatanna close behind. Be careful for any more bombs. The Altantean added.
We will. Roy promised. Also, just in case, when I became Red Arrow, I made my costume out of kevlar, along with a few, fireproof materials. The worst I'd have to worry about is the force of the explosion.
Meanwhile, the Joker was enjoying his favorite past time. Torturing the unfortunate soul that had gotten in his way. Today, that poor soul was Nightwing, who was now known to some as the former Robin.
The thoughts going through Nightwings head included, but were not limited to, Geez, this got old the first times he did this. As well as, How long will I be able to last? Another three weeks?
So you can understand that he knew as well as anyone that there is only so much torture a person can undergo before they break.
He knew he was running out of time. It had been a week since he'd heard the voices in his cell, and he had heard nothing since. For all he knew, they were hallucinations.
He heard someone banging on the door, and weakly turned his head enough to see Joker open it, and a guard come in, dragging a burned yellow-and-red costume, with someone inside it.
"The others escaped." The guard said, snapping an inhabitor collar on the already mostly-healed speedster. "This one, though, was right in the center of the explosion. If I can be frank-"
"No." I said, "You can't be Frank. Your name is Jim, not Frank." Anger clouded the guards eyes, and he pulled out his gun, and aimed it at me.
"Don't." Wally said, voice sounding somewhat strong. "You kill him, Ra's will kill you himself. You know that he doesn't dish out second chances to anyone." The guards face paled, and he put the gun away.
The guard exited the room, with the Joker just behind him, asking for his gun. Wally looked at me.
"It is you, right?" he asked. "Dick? Ești tu? Pentru că tu cu siguranță acționează ca el." Dick? Is that you? 'Cause you certainly act like him.
"Da, Wally. Sunt eu." Yea, Wally. It's me. Was the reply. "Acest lucru este la fel ca pe vremuri, nu-i așa? Amândoi în mâinile Joker, neștiind dacă vom fi salvați." Just like old times, isn't it? Both of us in the hands of the Joker, not knowing if we're going to be rescued.
"Da, la fel ca pe vremuri. Cu excepția avem echipa exterior, venind să ne salveze." Yea, just like old times. Except this time we've got the Team outside, coming to rescue us. The speedster half-agreed.
"Ce ți-a luat atât de mult?" What took you so long? Nightwing asked, and Wally looked at him in shock.
"Ce vrei să spui, atât de mult? Am venit drept de îndată ce am avut toți împreună!" What do you mean, so long? We came as soon as we got everyone together! Wally was confused, it didn't take a protège of Batman to figure it out. "Soarele este doar în creștere acum. A fost doar o noapte." The sun's rising now. It's only been one night.
"Ai fi Trebuie glumești mine." You've gotta be kidding me. Nightwing muttered. "Time-urzeală tech. Trebuia cunoscut." Time-warp tech. Shoulda known.
"Um ... Dick? Cât timp a fost pentru tine?" Um... Dick? How long has it been for you? Wally asked, fear showing on his face.
"O săptămână. Wally, pentru tine aceasta a fost doar o noapte, dar pentru mine, a fost o săptămână." A week. Wally, for you it's been only one night, but for me, it's been a week. Wally's eyes widened in fear and surprise. This left him only one thing left to say.
"În primul rând, cred că urăsc timp tech. Și în al doilea rând, ei bine, am uitat ce am fost pe cale să spună." Firstly, I think I hate time tech. And secondly, well, I forgot what I was going to say. Then the boys stopped talking because the Crown Prince of Crime had arrived.
"Well, well, well." Joker said, "If there's anything I like more than one toy, it's two of them." The boys exchanged a look, the Joker's insanity was showing.
Batman had just arrived at Ra's monastary, to hear an explosion. Instantly, he feared the worst, until he saw a faint line, a faint difference in part of the sky heading up. The explosion hadd come from somewhere near where they had landed, but they'd had time to escape.
After walking forward a bit, he glanced up at the Bioship again, to see Red Arrow pulling Artemis back. Instantly knowing something was up, he started to reach up to his ear, before reminding himself where he was. Not a minute later, Red Arrow, Zatanna, and Superboy dropped out of the Bioship, and Batman walked out of the shadows, surprising them all.
"What happened?" the Dark Knight asked. They looked at each other, before Roy stepped forward.
"Kid Flash was caught in the explosion." The red headed archer replied. "Artemis, got upset." Batman nodded, hiding the intense surprise, and, more surprisingly, the grief. Kid Flash had, although he'd never noticed it, become like a nephew to him. One he hadn't wanted to lose.
"I heard something from one of Ra's men about a prisoner." Batman informed them. "I'm not sure who it is... But I can guess." Roy nodded, and Batman led them into the monastary.
Meanwhile, up in the Bioship, Artemis was still wounded by grief. She was on the ground, crying. Everyone knew she was tough, but no one had known exactly how tough, until now, that is.
"Artemis, until you get your act together, I'm afraid we can't go avenge Wally ourselves." Aqualad reminded her gently. "Remember who we're talking about, there is a chance Wally might still be alive."
"I don't think so." Miss Martian said, "As the bomb went off, I was simultaneously doing two things, getting the Bioship away from the explosion, and cutting Wally out of the mind link before any of you sensed the pain he recieved from the explosion." Aqualad's shoulders fell, and for the first time, he wept with his teammates.
"Trebuie să plecăm de aici." We need to get out of here. Nightwing told Wally who nodded, then motioned to his collar.
"Necesitatea de a obține acest lucru stupid pe mine, de asemenea." Need to get this stupid thing off me as well. Wally agreed.
"Wally, Wally, Wally. Ce am de gând să fac cu tine?" Wally, Wally, Wally. What am I going to do with you?
"Vino cu un plan de astfel încât să putem scăpa? Să sperăm că?" Come up with a plan so we can escape? Hopefully?
"Am o multime de planuri. Am nevoie doar o modalitate de a lua pe ei la locul de muncă." I have plenty of plans. I just need a way to get them to work.
"Cum, exact, vom ieși? Adică, ar putea sa-mi spui unul dintre planurile tale și voi vedea dacă pot să dau nimic? Vă Rog?" How, exactly, are we going to get out? I mean, could you please tell me one of your plans and I'll see if I can figure anything out? Please? There was a pause as the raven-haired boy thought, then he shook hiw head.
"De fapt, eu sunt de adaptare planurile pentru tine cuprinde acum. Deci, nu, eu nu pot." Actually, I'm adjusting the plans to include you now. So, no, I can't. Wally's shoulders sagged, but he nodded.
"Might as well get some sleep." He said quietly, but just loud enough for Nightwing to hear him. Nightwing nodded, and closed his eyes, and the strange Duo fell asleep.
Hours or minutes later, no one could tell, but when the boys awoke, they saw Ra's Al Gual.
"So, will you see the Light yet?" He asked the wearly teens. "Do you see the error of your actions?" Nightwing turned to Wally.
"He does this one every day, or at least, what feels like a day." Then he turned to Ra's. "Would you care to explain what's so wrong with saving people's lives? Because I still see no error with it." Ra's eyes narrowed, but he turned to Kid Flash, clearly expecting an answer.
"Hey, I'm not joining your club." Wally said, stubbornly. "I'm already in a club, and, as it turns out, our clubs are rivals."
Wally had been able to understand from the tone Ra's always used when he was talking about "the Light" that it was some kind of club, or team. It was the same way all the members of Young Justice talked when talking about their Team to outsiders.
Ra's eyes narrowed, and the five-hundred year-old man shaked in anger, before walking out, both boys noted that one could almost hear his rage. The boys grinned, enjoying this moment almost as moch as they enjoy Batman's reaction after they've painted the Batcave pink (for some reason, the boys always grab hot pink for this prank, and it varies what gets painted. The boys don't really ever have the time to paint the entire thing).
Batman (along with Red Arrow, Superboy, and Zatanna) had just entered the monstary. He'd noted that the Shadows had gotten keener, or maybe they were just more alert because of their prisoner.
They may or may not know about Nightwing. Red Arrow mouthed to Batman, who nodded, signaling for no unnessessary movement. He knew that the way they were now, they could notice any movement.
Thankfully, back when Nightwing had been Robin, he'd adopted Batman's signals, and used them, no matter who he was with, and so Red Arrow under stood.
Roy, what does that mean? Zatanna asked for the fifteenth time, and Roy mentally sighed.
No unnessessary movement. The archer translated. I wonder... Just at that moment, Batman signaled for them to spilt up, then added the be careful signal. We spilt up now, and he's also warning us to be careful.
Yes! Zatanna mentally cheered. Finally! She and Superboy headed two different directions, with Roy staying with Batman, as he was the only one who could understand his signals (and the hallway was two hallways intersecting. Excluding the one they came from, there was three different ways to go).
Since the two of them could communicate efficiently, they moved much faster than before, and quickly tracker down the Joker. Unfortunately, he was surrounded by Shadows, and the Joker was going on and on about how todays lunch had better be good.
Roy reached for his bow, but Batman signaled for him to wait. Roy replied, asking if he should trail them, and, after a short pause, Batman nodded, heading the way Joker had come from.
A/N So, before twelve hours had passed, I had two reviews telling me they wanted more for what I had intended to ba a One-Shot. Because of those two comments, I wrote a second chapter.
I hope you enjoyed it, and, well, I know as well as you do this isn't over yet, so this is going to become a Three-Shot, if not an actual story (which is not what I intended... So, incase you can't tell, I'm going to try to avoid that).
Anyways, please review!
~Oreo