I decided to re-write chapter 2. I read over it a couple days ago and wasn't to pleased. (I hate my style of writing D: )
I felt the old one was rushed, but I recon this one is muuuuch better.
Robin looked around cautiously through his domino mask, he crept through the silent, dark hallway when had it started getting darker? He turned to look back and noticed that the lights had gradually got dimmer and dimmer.
Strange he thought, but nevertheless continued on, passing by several doors on his way. He peered into each one of them however the lights were off so he couldn't determine what laid behind them, although he deemed them uninteresting as he passed another locked door. Occasionally he could hear a beeping noise or a slight muffled sound, but paid no mind to it, there was no point in blowing his cover for a little sound, which could just be some kind of machine scientists used. He didn't know for sure if human testing was actually being done here, so he would ignore the noise. Besides he'd only take action if someone was screaming in terror and was in need of being saved.
He continued down the hall, but suddenly stopped and hid in the shadows.
"Ya idiot, did ya see the way the professor was glarin' at ya, looked like 'e was gonna kill ya." Spoke a deep voice that came from the end of the hall way.
"It ayn't my fault, the bitch went psycho! I had to defend myself," countered another voice.
"Well... now we're both stuck 'ere guardin' 'er room to make sure she doesn't get out.
I'unno how I got involved in this but, I blame you."
"Yeah yeah, shutup."
By now Robin had creeped round the corner and stood behind the two men, he stifled a laugh at their idiocy. He quickly jabbed one of the men in the neck, hitting a nerve and sending him to the ground unconscious with a slight thud, before the other had time to respond he followed suit collapsing onto the other.
Team, I heard some guys talking, it seemed suspicious so I''m gonna check it out.
Alright, make sure not to get spotted Replied Aqualad.
Robin then turned around the face the door. It was a large white door in the shape of a circle, it had no windows and it also seemed quite thick. There was an electronic lock on the side. Robin smirked at the sight of it, this was going to be a piece of cake for the boy wonder.
Miss Martian and Kid Flash walked down the hallway luckily for them, their lights were on the entire way, so they could see perfectly fine and all the way to the end of the hall. Nothing suspicious seemed to be happening but Megan had a bad feeling and Wally seemed to have noticed, so he spoke up.
"Don't worry babe," He reassured walking closer to her.
"I'll keep you safe and protect you if anyone comes at us." He puffed out his chest as a smile grew on his face. Megan giggled slightly at his antic while moving away from him.
They reached the end of the hallway and had an option of either going left or right.
"Which way, lef-" Wally cut his sentence short and pulled Megan back by the arm, round the corner. Megan confused as to what was going on frowned at Wally and opened her mouth to ask what was wrong until he put a finger to his lips silencing her, he then pointed down the corridor to the right. A shadow could be seen and it was coming closer and closer. Megan put her hand out ready to use her mind control and knock this person out. Just as she was about to a tan arm came round the side and grabbed her hand. Wally was about to step in and beat the shit out of this guy, but stopped once he realized who it was. Kaldur released Megan's wrist.
Aqualad! Megan squeaked Don't scare us like that, we thought you were a guard or something.
My apologies, I saw you two and decided to join you, I should have said something through the mind-link.
All was forgiven as Wally patted Kaldur on the back. Since Kaldur had come from the right they decided to head left.
A trail of passed out bodies was left down the halls, the trio had ran into a couple of guards along the way. At first it was just two and they managed to knock them out. But then another 4 guards had noticed the two passed out men on the floor and began to attack the heroes, luckily they heroes managed to overpower the guards easily and they didn't have a chance to sound an alarm to signal intruders. They stood still for a moment waiting if any other guards were coming. After waiting a bit and determining none were coming they breathed a sigh of relief and continued down the hall.
WEEOOOEEE WEEEOOEE~~!
came an obnoxiously loud noise that blared in the heroes ear drums. Looks like they jinxed it. Running footsteps could be heard, approaching closer and closer. The 3 looked at each other and then began running.
shit shit shit, could be heard throughout the mind-link.
Sirens could be heard coming from inside the facility.
Miss martian, Kid Flash and I have been spotted. Reported Aqualad. Superboy and Artemis frowned at this, wasn't this supposed to be a covert mission?
They began to make their way into the building to join and help the team.
"Wha-what's going on out there? Why is the alarm going off?" questioned a young girl.
"I'm not sure, I just hope it's not her fault, I hope she is okay." Replied another girl who looked around 12. The other children agreed. They all came closer together and huddled in the corner of the room. The room was large and white, very white. The walls, ceiling and floor was all white, there were no air vents, but there was a thick glass window that revealed strange machines and a big black door on the other side or it. Also a large white door was in their room which was the only way out. A large white table was in the center and stools all around it. It resembled a dining table. This was the only piece of furniture in the room. Everything was pristine and clean. The room also had the a strong smell of chemicals mixed with a vanilla air freshener that only worsened the odor.
As the alarm continued to ring out some children began to panic and cry, worried about what was going to happen to them. Maybe someone was actually going to come and save them? Maybe they would get to see their parents or maybe they were all going to die!
The trio had just beaten up a new batch of guards and were beginning to feel slightly tired, where were they getting all this manpower? They got to the end of yet another hall and there was a door blocking their couldn't turn back because more guards were coming and they wanted to keep injuries to a minimum but they couldn't go forward either, the door seemed to have top notch security and Robin wasn't with them at the moment. Yelped could be heard down the halls which were then followed but thuds. The loud thuds approached the 3 and they got into a stance, until they realised who had come to their rescue.
"MOVE!" yelled Superboy.
He rushed past them and slammed right into the door, the force was too much for it and it came right off its hinges and flew crashing into machinery along its short trip to the opposite wall. The 4 ran into the room, looking for another way out but were shocked by what they saw.
On the other side of the glass a group of children dressed in white huddled together. Their eyes the size of saucers scared out of their minds, shaking.
"The experiments!" Wally exclaimed. At Wally realization Superboy charged at the glass and began punching it with all his strength. With every punch the glass began to crack and in the distance the children could be seen flinching. White destroying the glass the rest of the team continued fighting with the batch of guards that had found them.
ttssshhh...
The glass smashed, fragments flew into the air and landed on the ground.
With the glass now completely obliterating sobs coming from the other end of the room could be heard, they children were terrified. What was going to happen to them was all that ran through their minds.
Just as the team were about to get into the next room and tell the chilrend that it was all alright, close to 20 more guards swarmed into the small room along with an old creepy looking man in a lab coat, holding a large gun like fire arm.
"Well well, it seems we have some uninvited guests." croaked out the old man.
"Who are you?" spat Superboy, the anger in his voice was easily heard. He took this kind of situation to heart, being an experiment himself.
"Me? Why I'm the genius who runs this place and as I'm the boss I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Replied the old man while hosting the large weapon onto his shoulder.
"Absolutely not! You are hurting these kids and we're here to save them from disgusting people like yourself!" countered Megan. A vain could be been in the man's forehead, it throbbed with anger. He then smirked.
"Have it your way." and got ready to pull the trigger.
GET DOWN! came a feminine voice, the team immediately ducked. A slight swoosh could be heard. An arrow contacted with the barrel of the gun and exploded back on the old man just as he pulled the trigger. A fire began to start and was spreading quickly. The guard ran to the man forgetting about the heroes. This was the team's chance. They jumped through the window and ran to the kids, they were still in shock of what they had witnessed.
"Are you all okay?" Asked Artemis in a kind voice, crouching down and looking at all the children.
"We're here to help you." she continued.
"We don't have time to talk, the fire is spreading at an alarming speed, we need to get out of here!" voiced Kaldur. The team nodded and signaled the children to follow them. They were hesitant but decided to follow. The children deemed them trustworthy people especially since they took down the man that put them through so much pain. The group left the room via the big white door courtesy of Superboys help, and began running through the hall again trying to find the exit.
"This way is faster." voiced a young boy who looked about 8. He pointed down the hall and so the team began to head out that way.
They'd reached the back entrance and opened the door.
"We have a big ship, we need to get on it and take you guys back to a safe place." said Megan.
But the kids stopped moving and started at the elder teens with sad faces.
"We can't leave." a child sobbed.
"Not without Quinny." That's when it hit the heroes they left a child behind and Robin was missing too! But they had to get out and get these kids safe back at the mountain.
"Don't worry, we'll go back in and find your friend." Said Wally reassuringly to the children.
"Just get the other children to the ship" he ordered to the girls. They nodded and began pulling the reluctant children along.
"Are you sure its a good idea to go back in there?" asked Superboy. By now the entire building was engulfed the flames, it would be very risky to get it without being injured and getting out or even finding the kid would be near impossible.
"We have to! There's still one kid left!" replied Wally, although he didn't sound too confident. Also there was a high chance the child was already dead.
"AND WHERE THE HELL IS ROBIN!" yelled Wally.
Robin had hacked into the door no problem, he gave a satisfied smile as he heard a slight 'click' and the door opened. All of a sudden an alarm began sounding around the building, he panicked a little thinking that he had set it off, which was impossible. But calmed down once he heard his teammates though the mind-link saying that their cover had been blown. Wait! that's a bad thing! But he had full trust in the team so he decided they'd be fun, besides he needed to save the girl.
he walked into the dark room. He felt around for the slight switch and flicked it on once we found shape of a person could be seen under the blanket on the bed. He walked over to the bed and pulled the cover back.
Laying on the bed was a girl, he dark blue/purple hair laid out around her and covered her face. He rolled her onto her back and removed the hair covering her face, noticing a large purple bruise (on her left side of her face) on her beautiful porcelain skin. He frowned who could hit such a beauty? However this wasn't the time to admire the pretty girl, he had to get out of the building, their cover had been blown and Bats was gonna go ape shit.
He shook her softly and then harder but she didn't wake up. His only option was to carry her. he bend down and scooped her off the bed holding her bridal-style in his arms and made his way quickly out of the room and back the way he had came in the facility. He saw the exit up ahead and picked his pace up, the fire had started to spread all over the place. He ran round the side towards the bio-ship. He spotted Wally, Aqualad and Superboy up ahead.
"Oi guys! What are you doing standing around, lets get out of here!" He yelled to them and gradually got closer.
"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU, DICK!" Yelled Wally. To answer his question, Robin raised the body in his arms slightly to show that he was busy.
"We'll recap later, lets just get back to the ship." Interjected Kaldur, before Wally had a chance to ask who the pretty girl was.
The four teenage boys and one passed out girl made it back to the bio-ship. They boarded it by the ramp and scrambled inside. Robin was shocked to see so many kids huddling together dressed in the same clothes the girl was, however her's were not nearly as new and clean. The children cried out in joy and ran to the confused Robin.
"Quinny! Quinny, she's okay!" They all cheered and took her out of his hands.
The team all strapped into their seats and took of as the children sat in the middle on the floor surrounding the unconscious girl.
Yaaay! see much better, right?
Oh and if it wasnt notice able, its night time during this chapter.
Also apopogies i hadn't updated in awhile, I had soooo, sooooooo much homework, like alot. so yeah i had to get that done.
But i made it up to you guys with this new improved chapter to right? well, if that isnt enough. Then go on and read chapter 3! weeew~
Okay, thats it ahah.
please continue to read and review!