Chapter 4

Five Minutes Earlier

Kid tried to hold his breath, but it was too late, he had breathed in the gas. At first he seemed okay, but then, he started panicking. Once the panic set it, a tall figure approached the young speedster, and when Kid Flash looked at him, he saw a horrifying sight, a monster. He tried to get away by speeding around, but that only made matters worse as the gas seemed to work its way into his system faster. When he finally stopped, he saw a white snake coming his way.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Kid screamed as the snake hit him, but it wasn't a snake, it was an ice beam from Captain Cold's gun.

"Let's get him inside so he can watch his little bird friends freeze to death." Cold said as he walked up to the speedster whose feet were now trapped in ice, and were his arms.

Kid Flash was still freaking by whatever he was seeing. Scarecrow came up and injected something into him.

"What was that for?" Cold asked.

"I want him lucid to watch Cardinal and Robin freeze, and that won't happen under the influence of the gas." Scarecrow said, and with that, he started dragging Kid by the gruff of his collar into the factory.

Present time

The sunrise speedster was on the floor, and starting to wake up, and when he took in his surroundings, he noticed the two figures hanging from the wall by ice.

"Robin, Cardinal! Guys, it's me Kid, what's wrong." Kid loudly said, but they didn't stir, then he saw something on Cardinal's face, an oxygen mask. Another thing that caught his attention was the freeze guns that were aimed at them. Just as he was about to say something, the guns fired, and froze the twins from their feet to their knees.

"Do you like our little show, and the reason they are not answering is that they are under the influence of my fear gas, which you somewhat experienced earlier." Scarecrow said, and that drew Kid's attention from his friends.

"You know that Batman and Flash will be here soon." Kid bluffed, and as he was struggling to get free he got a buzzing in his ear and heard his uncle say "Don't worry Kid; we're on our way, the distraction worked."

Kid thought to himself, still struggling to get out of the ice. "Yea, this was all part of the distraction, get real Uncle Barry."

"So, what are your plans after you get rid of us, Flash, and Bats?" Kid questioned, hoping that this would add some time to the leaguers getting there to rescue them.

"Well, you see, I need chemicals to make my toxins, and Cold, has offered to help for a small cut of the profits." Scarecrow said, and with that he started walking toward the twins. "One bonus is that I will have rid Gotham's villains of these pesky kids and their mentor. When Batman and Flash come to save you three, they will be hit by a wonderful surprise, a dome of ice that will be sealed once they enter. If your precious Flash tried to vibrate his way out, which will melt the ice around him, my fear toxin will be released instantly and the two heroes will tear each other apart from the shear fear they will experience."

Just then, Robin started to stir, and when he looked up from his fear stricken sleep, he saw Kid. Then the boy wonder looked over to Cardinal, and saw that the mask was still secured over her face.

"Kid, how did you get caught?" Robin asked as he turned his attention back to his new friend, and Kid could hear the fear in his voice.

"I came to save you and Cardinal, but I hit a snag." Kid Flash joked, and he left it at that, seeing as after he explained it, Robin was out once again.

"Well, Scarecrow, why don't we leave the kiddies to talk before they die, I'm sure they'll want to say their goodbyes." Cold said. "We have a reception to set up anyway."

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Twenty-Five Minutes Later

Batman and Flash had arrived at the building, and were met by ten goons. It wasn't long before they took them down, so they headed inside. Flash stayed close to Batman, seeing as it was the Dark Knight's city and everything. They kept their eyes open for any signs of the kids, or the villains. Soon, something caught their attention, a video screen. When Flash and Batman got close, they saw the image on the screen. Robin and Cardinal were completely unconscious, and frozen from their feet to their knees; Kid Flash was also in blocks of ice, and upon closer inspection, he was gagged, and struggling to free himself.

"I recognize that room, let's go." Batman said quietly, and with that, the two superheroes headed out with the Dark Knight in the lead.

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Four minutes later, The Dark Knight and Scarlet Speedster saw what looked like a sheet of glass, and when Batman got his hand close to it, he felt a freezing sensation.

"Ice." Batman said as he pulled his hand back.

Just as they turned around, Captain Cold and Scarecrow were blocking the doorway.

"Glad to see you made it, and just in time to see your brats freeze, Batman." Cold said as he held his gun out. The Dark Knight and Scarlet Speedster were ready to move when the gun was fired, but when the sound resonated, the two heroes noticed that the gun was sealing the only way out of the, as they now realized, dome of ice.

"Have a nice time Batman; I hope you won't be afraid." Scarecrow stated, and as quickly as the villains appeared, they vanished.

Flash turned around and peered through the ice. He was concerned about the kids, but even though they were not related to him, he was really worried about the twins. Just then the ice guns went off and now the twins were frozen from their toes to their chests, which meant one more blast would finish them off. Batman's eyes widened behind his mask as he saw this, and the one way Flash could think of getting out was to vibrate his molecules through the ice, then melt the ice around the kids and get them out. He started vibrating to get the right speed, but just as he did, and some of the ice near him started melting, he heard muffled screams. Just then, Flash looked at his nephew, and stopped.

"Kid's trying to tell us something, any idea what it could be." Flash questioned as he turned to Batman, but instead of seeing his colleague, he saw a monstrous man bat.

Batman was looking at Flash, and saw that the speedster was stressed by something; then started walking toward him. "Of course, Scarecrow said 'I hope you won't be afraid', there's fear gas mixed in with the ice."

Flash started backing away from 'man-bat' but it was closing in, and about two seconds later, the creature had something in its right claw. Flash didn't know what to do, as he was scared (yes, even heroes get scared); and so he did the only thing he could, try to punch the creature. The man-bat was fast, and was able to catch the speedster's arm, then plunge what he was holding into the arm.

When his arm was released, Flash wondered what the monster had done to him, and then suddenly the man-bat was turning into Batman. "What happened?"

"Somehow Scarecrow was able to add his fear gas into the ice, so that when it melted, the gas would be released." Batman explained after he was sure that Flash was back to normal.

"There has to be a way to get out." Flash stated.

"I can handle the hallucinations, and you've been inoculated, so we should be able to get out now." Batman said. "The only problem is that the gas will not only release in here, but outside."

"I'm sure the twins can handle it, I'm worried about what will happen to Kid though." Flash responded.

"He doesn't seem to be seeing any fear hallucinations, so it's safe to say that either Scarecrow gave him the antidote for some reason, or the gas has worn off. I'm sure he can handle it now that he has an idea of what to expect." Batman said as he studied the ice. "Cardinal will be seeing things and having nightmares anyway; I'm sure that's not oxygen in the tank. Robin's out, so he'd just have nightmares like Cardinal is."

"Let's do this then." Flash said, and with that, he started vibrating again; and Kid Flash was still trying to get out of the ice, along with warn his uncle since he couldn't hear what they were talking about.

Flash was through the ice in no time, and as Batman figured, the fear gas was leaving the ice dome and entering the room where the three protégés were being held. Kid tried to not to breath it in, and as he noticed that he was, he saw Batman place a small bomb on the ice, and it blew after two seconds. The Scarlet Speedster ran to his nephew's side and his hands immediately removed the gag.

"Thanks, Flash." Kid said as his uncle then placed his gloved hands on the ice holding his nephew's arms, and started vibrating his molecules. Once they were free, Kid was able to hold himself in a sitting position while Flash did the same thing to the ice covering his ankles and feet.

"Did Robin or Cardinal say anything when you were brought in here?" Batman asked, as Kid Flash was the only one in the room that would know.

"Robin woke up for a moment and asked me how I got caught; I joked with what I told him, but then he passed back out. We have to destroy those guns in the next half hour or they will freeze them the rest of the way." Kid said as Flash helped him stand.

"Those won't be easy to destroy, the wrong move, and they will go off." Batman said as he examined them from afar.

"I had a feeling you'd have an antidote to my fear gas, so I thought I'd come around this way." A voice said. "I know Robin will have a slight nightmare, but dear Cardinal has been breathing my special gas for about an hour non-stop, I wonder if her dreams are getting worse."

"Scarecrow, you know you'll never win, it's two speedsters and Batman against you." Kid Flash stated.

"Ah but I will, you see, I still have some henchmen for you to deal with." Scarecrow said, and with that, the three heroes were surrounded by about fifty henchmen.


Probably just two more chapters, don't know yet, working on Chapter 5 right now.