Disclaimer: I forgot to post this last time (oops!), but I do not and never will own anything related to Young Justice or the Justice League. Nor did I own anything in Chapter 2 other than the freaks known as Alwin and Colburn!

A/N: Man, this ones a long one. Now everyone keep your hands and feet inside of the ride at all times, and enjoy!

Chapter 3: What Happened?

Wally was officially freaking out when he heard a muffled noise in his left ear shortly followed but a slight twinge in the crook of his arm. What the hell was going on! He was so scared he wanted to scream but could barely even move his finger let alone anything more. From the spot where he felt the prick on his arm radiated a soft ache, and soon it started to travel down his arm. Following the ache was that same numbness he had so desperately tried to escape from before but it was now consuming his entire being. He felt trapped, with the numbness swallowing his mind as well as his body, all he could do was hope that this was all a dream.

After emptying the contents of the syringe into the specimen, Alwin carefully takes the needle out of his arm and places it on the small tray located next to the table. Now he only had to wait till the initial integration happened then he could move Six down to the memory pods with the rest of them. He hadn't anticipated him waking so soon, it seems his body burned through the sedative faster than he thought. But it wasn't an issue; the syringe was prepped with another dose of sedative as well as the DNA so as it begins to circulate he will fall back under.

Silently he watches as Six's struggles began to subside and the slight whimpers he was emitting slowly changed into even breathing and a peaceful expression. He waits a few more minutes just to make sure Six was completely under before moving to undo the bonds holding the specimen to the table. Ever since Subject #2 had attacked during the integration procedure, he had started restraining all the specimens not wanting a repeat even if he knew it was highly unlikely.

His musings were interrupted by a quiet question from his assistant, "Dr. Alwin? What are we to do with Subject #6 now that he's under?" Silly Colburn, he thought, Never listens to anything I say!

"Well if you must ask, we are now going to bring him down to the memory pods to have the memory transplant like the others." As he speaks, Alwin starts maneuvering Six into a wheelchair.

"B-but sir, there's a few things that worry me about this!" Colburn is starting to turn his mood sour.

"Spit it out then! Don't just stand there stuttering like an idiot."

Colburn looks down at the floor unable to hold the gaze that was being directed at him by his superior, "W-well, how are the m-memories going to w-work," He takes a breath to calm himself before continuing, "If the Martian Girl happens to go digging through their minds? She would be able to tell that they are fake, right?"

"Really Colburn, you have just thought of this now? Your always two steps behind on everything." With a sigh, Alwin can tell by the look on his face he still didn't get it. "I've already compensated for that. Because she would be able to tell whats fake and whats real, we let her make the memories for them."

"I don't understand sir?"

"God, do I have to spell everything out for you!" Time was running out, he needed to bring Six down to the memory chambers now if he had any hope of getting them back to the roof on time. He starts wheeling the sleeping specimen out of the lab motioning for Colburn to follow behind before continuing, "What we are doing is leaving their minds blank for these few hours, but we are going to give them all a 'seed' or a suggestion of sorts of what happened. Because of the brains need to fill in gaps of memory, the seed we plant will be able to flourish once there is the proper ingredients. Namely an inexperienced martian who, while searching for an answer, will find such seed and build the memory from that. And since she created it, her mind won't be able to tell that it wasn't real."

They reach the elevator just as he finishes explaining, he thought Colburn would have figured that out before now but apparently his expectations were too high. "Oh, I see… Hmm that's quite intuitive doctor!" The elevator doors open and both men step inside, "Oh! But wait, wont Subject #6 notice the bruise on the inside of his arm?"

Again Alwin wanted to smack his assistant upside the head, "Didn't you read his file? Subject #6 heals faster than the normal human, hence one of the reasons we wanted him in the first place. The bruise will be gone before he wakes up and he will be none the wiser." Alwin had reached his limit of listening to his assistant being an imbecile, when the elevator door dings open he states, "Mr. Colburn, why don't you go and clean up the lab room while I bring Subject #6 to the pods?" And without waiting for a reply, he wheels Six out of the elevator letting the doors close effectively ending any rebuttal from Colburn.

As he continues down the corridor, he finally reaches the memory chamber and wheels Six's lax form inside of the room. Seeing his men he quickly instructs them on what to do. "I want you to load Subject #6 into a memory pod and once everything is finished, you are to bring all of the children back to the roof. UN-harmed."

He starts to walk away when he hears, "Why unharmed?" When he suddenly turns around the look on the mans face would have made him laugh if he wasn't so furious at his insubordination.

"When I tell you to do something, you do it exactly how I want with no questions asked!" He spoke the statement so venomously he was sure the man had pissed himself in terror. "Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir! Sorry sir!"

"Good." This time he doesn't bother waiting for the man to say anything before disappearing out of the room.

(A few hours later)

Slowly as Wally begins to come around, feeling starts returning to him in stages. The first thing he notices is the hard surface he was laying on, it felt like he was lying on a bed of rocks. Then slight aches start filtering through as he starts to notice the odd angle he seemed to be positioned in. What was going on? He thought to himself as he tentatively opens his eyes. Why am I on a roof? Now his confusion level was reading far beyond normal. As he looks down he notices he notices he's in uniform. Was I on a mission? He racks his brain for an answer but comes up short. Finally he takes a look around and sees the rest of his team lying on the roof as well.

Panic arises as he manages to drag himself over to the closest member, which happened to be Robin, and starts to tap him on the cheek trying to rouse him. "Rob… Come on Rob, wake up!" He's just short of shaking the boy wonder when finally he seems to start coming around. "Yep thats it come on, wake up." As Robin continues to drag himself up, Wally runs to each member of the team and repeats the process of having them get up.

As Robin shakes the last of the cobwebs from his head, he attempts take stock of where he was. "What happened?" He gives as an open invitation for anyone to answer.

"That's what I want to know." Wally states while helping Megan up off the ground. After she was set he walks over to the little circle that had formed between the rest of the teens.

"Well the last thing I remember was arguing with Kid here." States a slightly tired Artemis while pointing her finger at Wally. After she had awoken to the the shocking image of him hovering over her, it took her far too long to recover for her liking. Usually she'd be able to jump awake at the slightest noise and be ready for a fight at any notice, yet here it was a serious struggle to even get herself off of the ground. But as she tried to remember what had happened, her memories seemed to be stuck in a fog.

Now there was no trace of the humor from before, "Yeah, I remember that too." Robin was grasping at straws trying to remember what had happened next.

"Well, I remember talking to you guys after that. But then Aqualad had gotten everyone to calm down." Everyone looked at Superboy who seemed to be mad at the fact that he can't recall anything further than that. But honestly, the feeling can be felt in everyone at this point, it wasn't like them to suddenly wake up lying on the damn roof!

Kaldur, who had remained quiet until now trying to gather as much information as he could before speaking, finally addresses them. "I'm not sure whats going on, but Miss Martian," At the sound of her name, Megan perked up a little more, "can you see if you can look into our memories and find out what might have happened?" Everyone turns to look at the shy martian, expectantly awaiting an answer.

Feeling pressured, but not wanting to disappoint them she states, "Um, yeah. I can try…" Soon Megan connects their minds and starts mulling through their joint thoughts until she finds the last thing they all collectively recall… soon everyone was watching the last five minutes that they could account for.

'Why is she so mad? Is it another girl thing?' Superboy asks with another round of suppressed laughter from Robin and Wally at the look on both Artemis' and Megan's faces.

After Aqualad had gotten everyone to calm down, not five minutes go by before Wally's voice is echoing through their skulls, 'I can't sit here any longer, I feel like my legs are going to fall off from lack of use!' At the same time Wally goes to stand.

Robin tries to intervene reaching out to grab Kid Flashes arm. 'Hey, what do you plan on doi-' but his question gets cut short as they all hear a loud clang from inside the warehouse. All of them jump to awareness as they try and see what had caused it but being on the roof had some of the tanks on the inside of the building shielding other parts of the interior.

They all look to each other for confirmation that they had all heard it, and seeing their looks it seemed to be they had. Quickly Aqualad jumps to action telling the others what to do, 'Megan, you and Conner go to the roof of the warehouse and see if you can see anything.' Then turning he speaks quickly, 'Robin and Kid Flash, go around to the back of the building and see if you can get into the loading bay area. Artemis, you and I will see if we can get in through the front and block anyone from trying to get out.'

With their assigned roles acknowledged, everyone gives a curt nod before rushing of to their destinations. Once in position, each group gained access to the building. Cautiously skirting the edges and checking for hidden dangers or any possible suspects trying to hide amidst the machinery. 'Does anyone see anything?' Artemis asks over their psychic link.

'No.' Robin answers.

Megan can't sense anyone around other than the team. 'I can't sense anyone here.'

'Yeah, we can't seem to find anything either.' She tells them as they all cautiously meet in the middle of the warehouse.

No longer feeling the need to use their link Wally speaks out loud. "I wonder what that could have been, it definitely came from inside." He carefully scans the warehouse; he was not liking the cramped state the build was in with all of the old industrial tanks lying around, it made it especially hard for him to maneuver if he wanted to use his speed.

Out of nowhere Superboy asks, "Hey, do you guys hear that?" Suddenly the place becomes dead silent. As they all stand there, they can feel themselves becoming lightheaded while straining to hear the noise he could apparently hear. Something was definitely off, Robin contemplated.

"Um, no…? Are you… sure you hear something?" Wally's question comes out slightly slurred he wasn't feeling too good. Suddenly Robins eyes go wide as he realizes what the noise was.

With labored breathing he tries to explain but it only comes out as a broken sentence. "Guys we… have to get… out of here… NOW!" hearing the urgency of his tone, no one was arguing when he began to run from the warehouse and everyone quickly followed suit. Once outside Robin didn't stop as he points to the roof where they started. "We have to get… up there."

Everyone was starting to feel sluggish like they were out of shape and had just run a marathon. "Whats going… on?" Kaldur pants as he is unaccustomed to such a feeling.

Megan was only just able to lift them onto the roof before collapsing to her knees. She could barely keep her head up to try and listen to Robin's explanation of what was happening. "I think… the noise Suberboy… heard was a- a gas…" but before he could finish, the young boy slumps over and onto the ground.

Everyone starts to panic as they soon feel themselves also slipping under and before anyone can send out an alert, each team member silently falls to the ground.

Gasps fill the air as everyone was rushed from their minds and back into the present. "The noise we heard must have been one of the old tanks finally giving to the pressure of the condensed gases inside, when they emptied the warehouse they must have missed a tank." Explains Robin.

"Ugh, I have a massive head ache." Wally whines as he clutches his head.

"Now you know how we feel when we have to listen to you all the time." Artemis states with a slight smugness while trying to hide her smirk.

"Oh, shut up!"

"Not so funny now, huh?"

"Guys, come on!" Robin didn't have the energy needed to listen to this.

Megan then steps forward trying to divert their attention, "Well I guess that explains why we all feel so groggy and why we had all woken up here." She gestures towards the roof.

"Yeah I guess so." Connor seems none too pleased with the fact that he was brought down by a mere gas leak.

"We need to get back to the cave and explain to him what had happened. We can comeback later and investigate the warehouse more closely, but right now we are not in a state to do much else." The voice of Kaldur brings everyone back from their personal musings.

With a great sigh Robin says whats on everyones minds. "Batman is sure going to be mad at us when we get back…" Dejectedly the team starts the walk back to the Bio ship. All the while no one takes notice of Kid Flash subconsciously rubbing the inside of his left arm.

A/N: Whew that one took longer than it should have but I still got it done! Hopefully it all makes sense and nothings too confusing.

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