A/N: Hello! I meant to update last night! I'm extremely sorry! Had a lot going on and I didn't finish the chapter until like ten minutes ago. Ugh! I'm just spouting excuses. Anyway! Last chapter was obviously Downtime, we'll my twist of Downtime anyway. The episode was centered around Aqualad mostly and the only thing I could use was the Clayface fight. I figured that would be a great first mission for Kim to go on and prove her worth. Anyway, this chapter is obviously Bereft. I changed stuff up to suit my story and plot line. I'll explain some more stuff at the end of the chapters so I don't give out spoilers:)

Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice but Kim belongs to me!

I feel myself coming to and I realize three things. One, my head is killing me. Two, there is sand in my mouth. And three, I'm somewhere in a desert.

I shouldn't be anywhere near a desert. Last thing I remember is my fight with Klarion. Kent had left the Tower and I might have accidentally sneaked out and let the Lord of Chaos in. It wasn't pretty. Kent had come back in time to assist me in defeating the Witch boy but he'd yet to determine my punishment.

I push myself up a bit more and gaze across the desert. Perhaps this is my punishment, getting cast into a desert room that I didn't know about. Was Kent testing me after last night? I push myself into a sitting position and take in my bleak surroundings.

I'm probably just thinking the worst. Kent is tough at times but he wouldn't cast me into a desert without any directions or at least a fair warning. No, this had nothing to do with Kent. At least, nothing that he knows of. Could Klarion have sneaked into the Tower again? Nah, I'd taken out Tinkle-or whatever his cat's name is. Klarion wouldn't be bugging anyone for a few weeks at the least.

I get to a standing position and do a three sixty sweep of my area. The only thing other than sand and rock is a body about twenty feet behind where I was lying. The figure is dressed in one of those padded superhero costumes, similar to what Robin wears. I get closer to the figure and examine him.

He's lying on his back with his limbs sprawled out. His face is relaxed and a cowl is covering most of his face but I can see a few freckles peeking out. He's a red head but it's almost an orange color in actuality. I look over his suit once more trying to figure out who he is. He looks like Kid Flash but instead of a yellow and red costume it's a black and grey color.

I look around the area once more before kneeling beside the guy and looking him over for injuries. As I'm lifting his right arm to check it he lets out a groan and open his eyes. I let out a sharp breath as I gaze into them. They are a stunning emerald green. Kid Flash takes his right arm out of my grabs and grabs his head.

"Ugh, my head. It's killing me," he groans. That's when he actually notices me. He flashes me a flirty grin, even though he is obviously in pain. "Have I gone to heaven because you look like an angel to me."

I can feel my cheeks heat up with a blush. Before I can respond Kid Flash sits up and looks around. He stops his eyes one me and looks me over.

"Sorry if this sounds rude, babe, but who are you?" he asks.

I give the ginger boy a small smile and respond "I'm Kimberly. But you can call me Kim."

Kid Flash flashes me a grin before pointing at my body. "No offense, but if your a superhero, you don't give out your secret identity. It's kinda secret for a reason, babe."

I give him a confused look before glancing down at my body. My eyes widen and I stretch my arms out. I'm wearing a suit made out of the same material as his. Usually that means you're a superhero. But I'm not. I've been with Kent for the past two and a half years.

"Uh, I'm not sure why I'm wearing this. I'm not a superhero," I say before looking back up at him. I point to his suit. "I'm guessing your Kid Flash but if so, why is your suit black?"

Kid Flash glances down and his eyes widen. "Huh, good question babe." He looks up and points over his shoulder. "But I think the big question is what are we doing in a desert?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Last thing I remember is fighting a Lord of Chaos. I defeated him and sent him back to the void. He shouldn't have been able to do this though. He should still be stuck in the void for the next few weeks, perhaps months. Depends on how far I sent him in the void."

Kid Flash gives me a questionable nod. "Alright then. I'll take your word for it babe. But seeing as you don't have a clue what we are doing here and I don't have a clue what we are doing here, perhaps we should try to find out?"

I give the boy a sarcastic grin. "Wandering the desert aimlessly was just what I wanted to today."

Kid Flash chuckles and climbs to his feet. He extends his hand to me and helps me to my feet. He gestures in several different ways. "Uh, which way first?" he asks.

I glance around and see the same stupid sand and rocks spanning out in every direction. I shrug my shoulders. "Not sure. It looks exactly the same in every direction. I guess we just pick a direction."

Kid Flash nods and in a fluid motion lifts me into his arms. The sudden motion makes me grab a hold of his suit and hold on for dear life. I blush after a moment and let go of his suit. He smiles down at my blushing face and says, "You might want to wrap your arms around my neck, babe. I can go pretty fast and I don't need you flailing around."

As soon as my arms wrap my arms around his neck he speeds off in a random direction. He runs for a bit before speaking up, breaking the silence.

"You mentioned something earlier about a Lord of Chaos and sending him into this void thing," he says kind of shyly. "I'm assuming you've got powers. But it's cool if you don't."

"Uh, yeah. It was Klarion the Witch Boy that I sent to the void. I'm a Witch as well but I'm not a Lady of Order. My powers are hereditary. They were originally a gift from the Lord of Order Nabu. He's the Lord of Order that uses the Helmet of Fate to control a human host. He works under the alias Doctor Fate. My mentor Kent Nelson was the last human host that Nabu controlled." I explain.

I don't look at Kid Flash at all. Some take the magic thing as a joke and others seriously. My luck the cute ginger would take it as a joke and laugh at me.

"That's cool. I think I've heard of this Nelson guy before. Not sure where but I know I have," says Kid Flash and that's all he says on the subject. He then brings up another subject. "So, who exactly are you. Not trying to be rude or anything, babe. I'm just curious. You said your name is Kim but where are you from and all that jazz?"

I look up at Kid Flash to see him looking down at me with a curious gaze. I look away and start to answer but Kid Flash suddenly trips and we hit the ground, hard, and skid in the sand. He tries to protect me from most of the damage and shifts me above him. Somehow he gets me shifted to where I'm not being held horizontally but vertically. My legs tangle with his and I tuck my head into him to protect my face from the small rocks stuck in the sand.

Once I feel that the skidding has stopped I pull my head up and my cheeks instantly start burning with a blush. My face is not even two inches from his and his heavy breathing tickles my face. My light blue eyes meet his emerald green ones and my breathing hitches. I feel this urge to lean in and kiss him.

Kid Flash must feel the same way. He tucks a strand of hair behind my ear before he closes his eyes and starts moving in. I give in to the urge and close my eyes, leaning slowly in to kiss him.

"Uh, KF, dude," a voice interrupts.

My eyes fly open and I'm staring in shock into Kid Flash's emerald green ones. We both look up and see Robin the Boy Wonder standing above us. Kid Flash moves so quickly that I don't even realize that he's stood us both up until I'm staring at the Boy Wonder with my feet planted firmly on the ground.

"Rob, dude. What are you doing here?" Kid Flash asks the Boy Wonder while running a hand through his dust covered hair.

The Boy Wonder just crosses his arms. "Lost in the desert with six months of my memory gone. I'm assuming the same has happened to you and her."

I give the Boy Wonder a smirk. "Right you are, Bin."

Robin freezes before moving closer towards me. He stops about a foot from me before flinging his arms around me. "Ber! It's great to see you! How'd you get stuck out here?"

Robin lets go of me and I sarcastically remark, "Uh, memory loss?"

Robin nods his head and turns to Kid Flash. "Right." He gives the speedster a questioning look before saying, "If what's happened to me has happened to you, I'm assuming we've lost six months of our memories. Also, somehow we are in Bialya. I saw the military wandering around so we need to be careful."

Kid Flash looks between Robin and me before turning to Robin. "You know Kim?"

Robin nods his head. "Obviously, KF. Now look, I've placed a tracer somewhere but I don't know what it's on. I was following the signal when you two came flying by. I assume you tripped over something and it gave me the time to catch up with you guys."

Kid Flash nods slowly looking between Robin and myself. He just shakes his head and says, "Well lead the Rob. That tracer may be our way out of this desert."

Robin gives him a small nod before leading the way. We swap stories about waking up in the desert but after that we stay quiet for a long while. Robin takes point and walks in front of Kid Flash and I. Kid Flash and I walk side by side, sneaking glances at the other one but trying to hide it from each other.

We walk in silence for what must have been hours before we finally stop to take a break. I sit in the sand and watch as Kid Flash eats his last protein bar and surveys the area. Robin sits next to me and is typing away on his little holographic wrist thing. As soon as Kid Flash walks out of hearing distance Robin speaks up.

"What's up with you and KF? It looked like you two were about to go at it right then and there," Robin states nonchalantly.

I just turn towards him at a loss for words. Finally I find my voice and say, "You're thirteen. You shouldn't be talking like that."

I can't see it but I know he rolls his eyes. "Please. I may be thirteen but I'm a freshman in high school." I just shake my head and nearly choke when he says. "The sexual tension between you two can be felt five miles away."

I don't get a chance to say anything before Kid Flash blurs to a stop, kicking up sand in the process, right in front of us.

"We've gottogo! Now! Soldiers areheadedthisway and I'mnottalking about five! I'm talking twenty soldiers on foot and THREE tanks rolling this way. They'llbehere in thenextfiveminutes." Wally nearly speeds through his words, actually causing a few to blur together.

Robin and I jump to our feet and peer around the large rock we chose to sit behind for it's shade. Sure enough about twenty soldiers are headed this way with three tanks leading the way.

Kid Flash grabs Robin's shoulder and starts shaking it. "Dude, we gotta get out of here! They're headed right for us!"

Robin snaps at him and shouts, "Go where? We are hiding behind a large rock and it's the only thing to conceal us for miles around!"

"Then I'll carry the two of you out of here!" Kid Flash responds as if it's obvious.

Robin places his hands on his hips. "How? One at a time? By the time you got one of us far enough away the other one would be discovered by the soldiers!" Robin immediately points at me. "Take Kim and run now. Don't come back for me."

I place my hands on my hips as Kid Flash takes his first step towards me. No way were they just going to treat me like a damsel in distress. Robin knows better than this.

I point a finger at Kid Flash as he approaches and speak calmly but authoritatively. "You touch me and you will find yourself on the receiving end of something a million times worse than those tanks," I threaten. Kid Flash's eyes widen and throws his hands up in surrender. I turn to Robin and say. "I'm not leaving you here to be on the receiving end of a pissed off bat. The three of us will fight those stupid soldiers and those tanks. You two concentrate on the soldiers first and I will concentrate on the tanks."

Kid Flash crosses his arms and says smartly, "And what makes you think you can take on a tank."

I only smirk before running out from behind the rock and facing the rapidly approaching soldiers. They are almost upon us and the tanks roll to a stop. One of the tanks fires a missile and I hold up my hands, creating a shield around not only me but the boy's as well. The boy's had already jump out from behind the rock and are stunned to find a missile hitting the shield.

Moments after the smoke clears I drop the shield and extend my arm, using my magic to create a hand. I make the hand grip a tank and lift it into the air. Once I'm sure that all four of the tank's occupants have fled the tank I clench my fist and crush the tank. I move onto the next tank which has fired another missile towards me. Instead of creating a shield around me. I extend both arms and shout, "Shield the missile!"

A bubble of sorts appears around the missile and causes it to explode. I release the spell immediately and feel the tax it took on my body. I shouldn't have used my mana but I didn't want the off chance of Kid Flash or Robin getting hurt. With them running around I'll have to shield the missiles individually.

I see a tank shifting around to fire a missile towards Kid Flash. Before I have a chance to do anything a figure jumps out of the sky it seems. It lands on the front of the tank and creates a decent dent. It grabs a hold of the barrel of the tank and starts turning it upwards. Once it's bent at an angle he jumps to the other tank and starts trying to rip the top hatch off.

This strange guy will allow Robin, Kid Flash and I to escape. I immediately rush towards the two who are taking down a few of the soldiers that hadn't rush off to help the tanks. Once they drop their opponents I grab their arms and start dragging them away from the fight.

"We need to leave now while their distracted. No doubt they've called in back-up," I point out.

Kid Flash pulls away from me and stops. "What about that guy? We can't leave him!"

I let go of Robin and point at the guy, who is being shoot at and using the barrel of the other tank to hit people with. "Look at him. He's indestructible and super strong. He'll survive. We won't if we don't scat before the back-up shows up."

Kid Flash turns to Robin who nods. "Kim's right. The guy will be fine and we need to leave. We're only two miles from my tracer. If we go now we'll be there by sunset."

Kid Flash sends one last look at the super guy and gives in. "Alright, let's go."

We resume our traveling spots, Robin in the lead with Kid Flash and I in the back. We don't speak and I try to ignore the two of them. I don't want to be seen as weak and that's how they treated me. I'm a girl and they tried to get me out of harm's way. I can understand Kid Flash a little because he doesn't know a lot about my magic. Robin on the other hand I'm furious with. He knows my strengths and weaknesses of my magic. He knew I could hold my own but he still tried to send me away because I'm a girl and I'm automatically seen as weak.

By the time we reach Robin's tracer, it's dark and I've simmered down a bit. The tracer is in the middle of a circle of tall rocks. We make our way quietly to peer around them. It's some sort of computerized thing. I've got no idea what it is or why Robin would have put a tracer on it.

Before we can debate why Robin would have placed a tracer on it we get ambushed. Robin throws down a smoke bomb and we start taking out the soldiers that's appeared. I fight hand to hand instead of using my magic or mana. As I take out a soldier I'm suddenly tackled by another. I don't want to use my magic but I blast him off of me and he goes flying, taking out a soldier that Kid Flash was fighting. I give him a smirk before moving on.

As we thin the group of soldiers, two more people appear. A green girl with red hair and a girl in a green outfit with a long blonde ponytail appear. The girl with the blonde ponytail pulls out a bow and starts shooting arrows at the soldiers. The green girls flings soldiers backwards with what seems like telekinesis.

When all the soldiers are taken down the green girl floats to the ground and blonde ponytail puts her bow away. I stand between Robin and Kid Flash with the two girls across from us. The green girl gives the three of us huge smiles.

"Robin! Kid Flash! Magik!" the green girl shouts and flings her arms around me for a hug.

I stand with my hands up in the air and she releases me after a moment. She doesn't even care I didn't return her hug.

"Magik?" Kid Flash asks. "Wait, who are you?"

The green girl's smile drops. "You lost your memories as well?" When the three of us nod she crosses her arms and answers our questions. "I am Miss Martian on missions and Magik is Kimberly."

I raise my eyebrows. I had always thought about becoming a hero but I had thought up a list of names. Magik was on the list.

Miss Martian goes on. "We are on a team together. It is Robin, Kid Flash, Magic, myself, a boy named Superboy, and Artemis here." She gestures to the girl with the blonde ponytail.

I glance at Robin and Kid Flash before saying. "This Superboy. Is he like, super?"

Miss Martian nods her head happily. "Yes. Have you seen him?"

Kid Flash answers. "Yeah. He kinda saved our butts when we were attacked by soldiers. They focused on him and we were able to escape."

Miss Martian frowns again and Robin speaks. "You know. I do remember Batman ordering radio silence. Perhaps our team works for him."

"How do you know that we don't work for my mentor?" Kid Flash remarks sarcastically tapping his Flash symbol on his suit. Suddenly his suit changes from the odd black and grey into its usual yellow and read. "What the?" Kid Flash starts and presses it again.

We all start touching our suits when suddenly Artemis shouts, "Alright we look stupid! Stop touching yourself!" She aims the last shout towards Kid Flash who had continued to press his suit, being that he's the only one's that work.

"We need our memories back," I comment dryly.

A few seconds pass and suddenly I'm in a weird dome like place with images flashing by and scenes going on. I see the five of us in most of them along with a dark skinned boy and Superboy. I'm still standing between Robin and Kid Flash with Artemis in front of us.

Miss Martian suddenly appears and lowers her hood. "I've brought you into my mind to remember what I have so far. But I need your help. If you open your minds to mine our broken memories can form a whole."

Artemis crosses her arms and asks defensively, "You want to paw through our private thoughts?"

Miss Martian throws up her hands in defense. "I do not wish to intrude but-"

Robin cuts her off, "You need to hack our minds to figure out what happened to us. You got it. Go."

Kid Flash puts on a flirty smile and remarks, "My brain's all yours. Just don't let its brilliance overwhelm you."

"Or underwhelm," Robin jokes. "Hey, why isn't anyone ever just whelmed."

Kid Flash turns his flirty smile to me and I just cross my arms and look at Miss Martian. "Do what you need to. I don't mind."

The four of us turn to Artemis who looks a little afraid. Kid Flash places his hand on her shoulder to reassure her. Artemis takes a deep breath and nods. "The last six months only and only what you need."

Miss Martian nods and closes her eyes. She reaches out to our minds and starts digging through our memories of the last six months. Images start flashing by. The ones that hit me the most are of Kent's death and how I barely mourned. The last memories we have before they were wiped play through slowly.

Batman giving us our mission at the Cave. The Team arriving on the bio-hip in Bialya. Us finding Bialyians controlling the area. Superboy carrying the weird computer thing. Robin typing on the computer thing. Miss Martian leaving to check out the Bialyians. Superboy telling her to be careful. Aqualad telling her to maintain the mind link.

Our eyes pop open and we are back in the desert. We look at each other before shouting, "AQUALAD!"

"Where is he?" Robin asks. "What happened next?"

We look to Miss Martian but she shakes her head. "I don't know. That's the last thing I-we remember."

Kid Flash realizes that his hand is on Artemis' shoulder and retracts it like he's been bit.

"We landed 24 hours ago," I state. "If he's been wondering the desert that long, well-" I stop, not wanting to say the worst.

Kid Flash picks up what I was going to say. "That's not good for a guy with gills."

Robin pulls up his holographic computer and starts typing. "Now that I know to look for him." He types a few more things before gasping. "He's close but he's not moving."

Robin leads the way and we all follow behind him in search of Aqualad. We find him where Robin says he's at and he doesn't look so good. He's murmuring in his native tongue and he's not awake.

Miss Martian kneels next to him and closes her eyes. After a few seconds she looks up to us. "I can't restore his memories in this condition."

"He needs immediate re-hydration," Robin says hurriedly. "Miss M, call the bioship."

Miss Martian shakes her head. "It's out of range," she turns to Kid Flash, "but you can get him there fast."

Kid Flash frowns, "Sorry, he's to heavy and I'm low on fuel." He pauses and points at me, "Right now I couldn't even carry her."

I raise an eyebrow and turn to Kid Flash. He turns red and quickly looks back to Aqualad.

Artemis rolls her eyes at us and turns to Miss Martian. "Why can't you just levitate him back?"

"I've got to find Superboy," Miss Martian says determinedly. "Six months ago he didn't exist. He doesn't have memories. He's living off animal instinct. I'm the only one that can help him."

Kid Flash argues, "Superboy's indestructible, just ask those tanks. It's Aqualad that needs your help right now."

Miss Martian suddenly grabs her head and I step forward. "Miss Martian are you alright?"

She snaps her head up and shouts, "No! Superboy's in pain!"

She flies off as Artemis starts shouting, "Megan! Wait!"

Robin shouts, "We still don't know what erased our memories! It could happen again!"

Miss Martian doesn't turn around, she just keeps flying. I let out a huff and turn to Aqualad. The back to the others. "I might be able to get Aqualad back to the bioship. I can use my magic to teleport us there. Only problem is that I've only done it a handful of times and I don't always end up exactly where I'm supposed to."

"What do you mean?" Robin asks.

I sigh and look at Aqualad. "We're about six miles from the bioship. I could end up getting us within a two mile radius of the ship only problem is that I'd be so tired that I wouldn't be able to get him to the ship."

"Then take another person with you," Artemis suggests.

I let out a sigh and shake my head. "If I add another person to the mix I'd pass out as soon as we arrived. And taking all of us could kill me."

Robin shakes his head, "We can't take that risk then. We'll just have to make do and get there ourselves."

I shake my head. "No. It's the only way to make sure Aqualad gets re-hydrated quickly. With all those soldiers out and about there's no telling how long it would take us to to get back." I take a deep breath and look between the three of them. "I need someone to go with Aqualad and I. It'll probably make me pass out but either way I'll be to tired to do anything with him. I'll need someone else there."

The three look between each other and as Robin goes to step forward Kid Flash zooms over to me. "I'll go," he volunteers.

I nod and kneel down next to Aqualad. I gesture of him to do the same. I glance up at Robin and Artemis. "Stay safe and don't get caught."

I turn to Kid Flash and see him with a serious look on his face. "I'm going to get us as close to the bioship as I can. I can get us at least two miles from its location. At that distance you should able to locate it with your gogles. If I pass out, you take Aqualad to the bioship first."

Kid Flash starts to protest but I cut him off. "No. I'll just be passed out from exhaustion. Aqualad's the one that needs immediate attention. Do you understand?" Kid Flash sighs and gives me a sharp nod.

I reach out my hand for his and once his is grasped firmly in mine I latch onto Aqualad. I close my eyes and channel my mana. With a deep breath I shout, "Transport us to the Bioship!"

Tingling hits my body and I feel like I'm hitting a brick wall. I open my eyes and see the bioship not even fifteen feet in front of me. I take a deep breath and close my eyes again, succumbing to the overwhelming darkness.

(MAGIK!)

I open my eyes and see Aqualad standing over me with Superboy and Kid Flash. I give the two of them a small smile and then frown.

"Am I going to pass out every mission?" I ask/whine.

Kid Flash chuckles and Aqualad places a hand on my shoulder. "I thank you, Kim. You put your life at risk for the sake of my own. I am truly indebted to you."

I give him a small smile as he goes back to his seat. Superboy awkwardly pats my shoulder and then follows. Kid Flash just stands beside me and looks in another direction. Robin suddenly appears and pats Kid Flash on the back before flashing me a smile.

"Glad you're okay, Kim. Miss Martian would come to check on you but she's flying the ship and Artemis feel asleep a little while ago," Robin informs.

I nod my head and he disappears back from the way he came. I glance up at Kid Flash and see him rubbing the back of his neck.

"You have the same nervous tick, Robin has," I observe.

Kid Flash freezes then looks down at me. "What?" he asks.

I flash him a small smile before stating. "When you're nervous you rub the back of your neck. Robin does it too. He also bites his the corner of his mouth. But that's not what I'm meaning to say."

Kid Flash chuckles nervously and asks, "Then what are you meaning to say?"

I prop myself up on my elbows and stare at him with a placid look on my face. "What are you nervous about?"

Kid Flash chuckles again, this time even more nervously and shifts his eyes so not to look me in the face. "Nervous? I'm not nervous. What are you talking about?"

I raise an eyebrow and shrug. "Alright then. Help me up would you? I'm going to sit up front."

Kid Flash reaches out and helps me get off the small makeshift table. As soon as I'm righted he releases me and quickly walks into the cockpit. I just let out a small sigh and follow him. I'm sure I know what he's nervous about but I can't even think about that right now. All I can think about is Kent and how I barely grieved him.

Since no one reviewed Chapter 3 I'm making this shoutout to my sister. She's captain of her middle school volleyball team. They played a tournament this weekend and she did amazing! If your reading this Sis, I love you!

To other business. You might be wondering why I had Wally and Kim act differently in this chapter meeting for the 'first' time. Well the only reason Kim didn't like Wally to begin with was because he didn't believe in magic. This chapter is not only important for her as a hero but for setting up Kim and Wally's relationship.

Also, Nobody left a review for Kim's middle name/her mom's name. I won't update tomorrow but I'll try by Wednesday, if not then by the end of the week. The reason I'm saying this is because I'll give you until at least Wednesday to drop a review or PM me with a name. I need it by the next chapter though. I've got something special planned!

Signing off for now,

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