Chapter Two
Batgirl and Nightwing headed for the heart of the cave, and found Terra and Flamebird working hard to keep the magma inside the tunnel that protects the cave and its inhabitants safe. Just as the two Gotham vigilantes were getting close, Terra and Flamebird were close to collapse. Batgirl headed to the two heroes as Nightwing got to the controls. With his hands moving swiftly, the original Robin was able to close the valve and keep the magma inside.
Once they saw the magma was closed off, both girls stopped using their powers and collapsed onto their knees. Nightwing and Batgirl were at their friends' sides in no time.
"Feeling the aster, huh sis." Nightwing joked.
"If I didn't feel so weak, I'd throw a fireball at you." Flamebird responded.
Batgirl knew how their relationship was, but she got the sense that Terra was about to say something and turned to her. "Don't worry Terra, they do this all the time, it's just who they are."
Terra was surprised at first when Batgirl knew just what to say, but then remember who had trained her.
"Guys, I can't get ahold of Conner thru the mental link or comm. link." Miss Martian said into the four minds.
"Flamebird and Terra need a bit to regain their strength, as soon as they are strong, we'll check around for him. It shouldn't take but a couple of minutes." Nightwing said.
"Okay, I'll continue checking my section of the cave for the intruder." Miss Martian said, and with that, the link went quiet.
"Well, let's go." Flamebird said as she stood up.
"I'll stay with Terra, she needs that extra time." Batgirl said, and the twins nodded, then left out.
"How can she recover so fast?" Terra asked.
"She didn't, but she was trained by Batman, so she and Nightwing are stubborn as can be." Batgirl said and with that, she stayed with the new recruit while she regained her strength.
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La'gaan was relatively new to the team, but he had been there longer than Terra. He was searching the training room, when all of a sudden, an electric cage surrounded him. The young Atlantean knew he was in trouble because he had been shocked before in a free for all training session with Robin (Time Drake).
"So, since Aqualad left, they chose you for their Atlantean." A mysterious voice said.
"You're going down once I'm out of here, you barracuda." La'gaan said, anger on the edge of his words. "The enemy has moved, he's…"
Before La'gaan could finish informing the team, the cage shrunk and electrocuted him. This time, the figure came out of the shadows to admire his handiwork as he turned off the device that had formed the cage. The assailant/saboteur was in a dark blue Kevlar bodysuit with orange gloves and boots. His face was not shown as it was hidden behind a mask that was half orange and half black. The orange side had an eye hole and there were slits for him to breathe through.
"That's two down, now to go after the girls." The enemy said.
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Nightwing and Flamebird found Superboy and were shocked when they saw a small pool of blood around him, and the source was a wound on his right arm.
"Conner, can you hear me." Nightwing asked as Flamebird lay the kryptonian's head on her lap. Being moved and hearing his friend and teammate's voice caused him to stir.
"Nightwing…kryptonite bullet…" Was all Conner said before he passed back out.
"The kryptonite is poisoning him. What about A, he's helped Superman before with this problem." Flamebird said, worry in her voice and face.
"Right, I'll call the Batcave right now." Nightwing said. It wasn't long, and A was on his way, the twins picked up Superboy and headed for med bay.
"Nightwing, La'gaan isn't answering, something's happened. He started to say that the enemy had moved, but then nothing." Miss Martian informed her leader.
"I'll check into it." Nightwing said to the Martian. "Sis, you going to be okay enough to keep an eye on him till A gets here?"
Flamebird nodded and her brother headed out. "Don't worry Conner, we'll get that bullet out of you."
The Kryptonian stayed still, except for his breathing with was ragged. The wound was closing fast on his arm (Stupid Kryptonian healing factor), which would make it hard for A to get the bullet out. Just then, the fire controller remembered that Batman had left a special scalpel hidden away in the med bay and started searching.
While Flamebird was looking for the scalpel, the zeta tubes announced someone entering the cave.
"Recognized Agent A A01"
Quickly, she was out of med bay to get Agent A so he could save her friend.
"Ah, Miss Flamebird, I understand that Superboy is in a predicament." Agent A said.
"He got shot with a kryptonite bullet. I have the special scalpel ready, and he's in med bay." Flamebird informed her 'grandfather'. With that said, the two headed in that direction.
Unknown to them, the assailant was watching before going after his next targets, and knew how to get Nightwing right where he wanted him. With that in mind, he headed out to go after the girls.
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While Nightwing was searching for La'gaan and Flamebird was helping with Superboy; Terra's strength had returned to her. Batgirl was leading the way, when an explosion started to topple the wall the two were beside. Terra's instincts kicked in, and she was able to stop the boulders from crushing them, but she couldn't do anything more than that.
"Do you really think that after holding back the earth part of the lava, you can stop all those boulders?" A voice said, and with that, a second explosion occurred and the result trapped the two heroes.
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Nightwing had made it to where La'gaan's comm. signal was originating, but when he got to the training room, all that was there was the comm. itself. The acrobat/detective knew something was going on; first Superboy gets shot, and now La'gaan is missing. Whoever this intruder in the cave was knew how to take its occupants down, and that made him/her even more dangerous.
"Team, La'gaan's missing, I'm…" Was all Nightwing said before he heard a scream coming into the link. "Batgirl, Terra, what's wrong?"
"Two explosions have brought down part of the hallway near the magma core. Terra's doing her best to hold the rocks up, but she doesn't have the strength to move them." Batgirl said.
"Help her as best you can. With Superboy KOed by a kryptonite bullet, we can't risk Superman coming here." Nightwing said.
"Alright." Was all Batgirl said, and with that, Nightwing knew he had to contact Miss Martian and Bumblebee to make sure they were alright.
"Something's not right, whoever's doing this knows how to attack us." Nightwing said out loud to himself.
Being lost in the fact that the cave was under attack, one the world's greatest detective's protégés did not know he was being watched. When Nightwing headed out to check on his sister, a figure was watching from the shadows. As soon as the acrobat was out of the room, the figure walked forward into the dim light. It was the same person that La'gaan had seen, and he was more convinced that he could take down the almighty Nightwing. The intruder then headed for
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Miss Martian and Bumblebee were in the ship bay and everything seemed okay, but then, fire came out of nowhere and hit Miss Martian. The young Martian couldn't handle the heat and so she fell to the ground.
"M'gann." Was all Bumblebee said before her attention was drawn to the sound of something heading her way, and when she turned around, one part of a Taser cord hit her suit and she also fell to the floor.
She was back on her feet in no time, but the problem was that when she tried to resize, she couldn't
"Don't try it my dear, the Taser also had a virus that affects your suit. You're stuck that way until the virus is removed." The intruder said as he stepped out of the shadows.
"I may be small but I can still fight." Bumblebee said, and with that, she flew toward him.
Just before she was close enough, both the intruder's hands came together and when he opened them, the small hero fell to the floor once more, but this time she was not getting up. Soon enough, the intruder had the two unconscious female heroes in his grasp and he headed to where he had La'gaan.
This is my first time writing La'gaan, did I do a good job compared to him in the show?
Seems like La'gaan got a good look at the intruder. Major kudos to anyone who can guess.