"What do you think this new technology could be?" asked Megan from the pilot's seat to the group during the voyage to Star City.
"Don't know," said Robin pensively. "But we can definitely find out," he added encouragingly with a pat to his trusty wrist computer. "And something tells me that its not a coincidence that the IL is attacking this museum when they know that the Good Guys are all busy fighting the Lords of Chaos."
"All of them, except us," Wally pointed out.
"Robin is right," said Kaldur. "And since the Justice League has little idea about what's going on in the museum, we need to send them as much information as possible." He turned to Conner. "Superboy, as soon as we're in range, can you x-ray the building and alert us where the hostages are and which members of the Injustice League we are dealing with today?"
Conner nodded and stared out of his window, concentrating and focusing his x-ray vision on the building on the horizon that he knew to be the museum from Batman's brief. Squinting, he was able to get a good look inside. "I see about three hundred hostages and they're all on the first level in the main atrium of the building. As for the enemies…"
He took another few seconds to scan properly before he was sure about who he saw. "I've got eyes on Count Vertigo, Poison Ivy, Atomic Skull, Wotan, Amazo, Black Adam and... ugh (he groaned in a display of his disdain for monkeys), Ultra-Humanite."
"Dang, we've got a full house," said Wally apprehensively as the cloaked bioship landed on the roof of the building and the team unbuckled their harnesses.
"No kidding," said Artemis as she inspected and plucked her bow.
"Yeah," said Robin, "but at least Joker didn't join in on the festivities today."
"We can handle this scum," growled Superboy. "Kaldur, what's the plan?"
"There are seven of us and seven villains. I suggest we focus on taking one of them out as quickly as possible in order to free up Robin and give him a change to hack into the mainframe of the building and scan for suspicious activity."
"Who should we all focus on taking out first?" asked Zatanna.
"I say Amazo," suggested Robin.
"I second that," growled the Kryptonian.
"Um yeah, the longer we let that dude fight, the harder he'll be to take down," said Wally remembering the nightmare of a fight the android had given them at Gotham Academy.
"Agreed," said Kaldur. "We also need to try to sneak the hostages out into the street before any harm comes to them."
"Leave that to me," said Zatanna. "I can cast a spell to make it look like they're all still in place."
"And I can help cloak them while they make for the exit," added the Martian.
"Good. Let's make it happen," agreed Kaldur. "Any questions?"
Robin raised a gloved hand like a pupil in a classroom. "Comms check with the League?"
"Good thinking, Robin. Everyone, do a quick comms check with a League Member," said Kaldur pressing the "A" symbol on his belt.
Conner frowned and crossed him arms impatiently. He had no one to contact within the League- only mental comms with the Team in font of him. Maybe if Superman cared enough about his well-being, he would have a shared net with him. He shouldn't be thinking about that now but he couldn't help feeling that his growing affinity for the Man of Steel wasn't being reciprocated.
"Uh guys," said Wally nervously, "is anyone's communicator working?"
"I can't get Zatarra, but he could be busy with the Lords of Order still," reported Zatanna.
Neither Artemis nor Wally could reach their mentors either. Wally's ear piece even shorted out and burned his hear a little bit. "Ugh just great!" he exclaimed ripping the ear bud out and stomping on it. "That hurt!"
"Oh man up, Bay Watch!" chided Artemis, removing her own singed and smoking earpiece. "Yep. Mine's fried too," she told the group.
"And I cannot reach my King," said Kaldur surprised. "Robin, can you reach anyone?"
Robin tinkered with a few adjustments to his keypad and listened carefully. "Negative. No one, and I think I know why."
The team gathered around the youngest member and looked at the hologram that was displayed from his gauntlet. "You see this?" he motioned to their signals that were leaving their location but scattering uselessly into the atmosphere. "We're being jammed. It must be part of this new technology that the big guy was worried about. I've been helping develop similar technology for Wayyy- nevermind. The bottom line is that we won't be able to make or receive any calls anywhere within the city."
"Can't you override the jamming?" asked Artemis.
"He'd need to get inside and disarm the mechanism that's jamming us," said Zatanna remembering a school lecture about radio communications and electronic attacks.
"The girl knows her stuff," said Robin confirming Zatanna's statement. "We might be on our own for this."
"Then we will do as we have been trained and handle the situation until the League is able to send reinforcements. Let's go."
And with that, the Team made their way into the roof access hatch and sped silently and determinedly down to the main atrium where the hostages were surrounded by the seven criminals.