A Better World
Breaking Out
In the Mountain, Nightwing had just finished picking the lock on his door. Batman had built it well, but he had some great tricks up his sleeve. He quickly picked the locks on the other doors and soon the Rebels were standing in front of the Zeta beams.
"We should leave, coming here was a bad idea," Ghost said.
"We need to finish the mission," Artemis disagreed.
"But is it worth it?" Tempest questioned.
Robin crouched outside STAR Labs with Kid Flash and Aqualad tagging behind.
"What are we doing here?" Kid Flash asked.
"The League is hiding something from us, I want to find out what," Robin replied.
"But why are we here?" he asked again.
"They're keeping Superboy here. I don't think it's right. Plus, we might need him."
"Oh."
Robin attached his wrist computer to the computerized lock on the door. A few seconds later, it popped open. They slipped in, careful to leave the door slightly cracked behind them. Robin pulled up a schematic of the building.
"I hacked into their server, and Superboy's being kept here," Robin said, pointing to a room on the schematic. "Let's go get him."
"We can still complete the mission. All we have to do is get out of here, kill Luthor, and leave," Lightspeed said. "We can't just let Flash die!"
"Wally, listen to me. We've tried. We can always come back if things start to go wrong," Nightwing said, trying to comfort his friend.
"Nightwing's right. We need to go back before we cause any more trouble. We can go home, plan things out better, and come back," Red Arrow said.
"But what if we come back too late?" Rocket asked.
"We'll just have to take that risk," he answered.
The trio snuck up on the sleeping Superboy. Robin placed his hand over his mouth and shook him awake. Superboy responded by throwing him into a wall. Robin bounced off and rolled to a standing position.
"Hey Supes, what's up?" Kid Flash asked.
"I was trying to sleep," Superboy responded gruffly.
"The League's hiding something from us, and we're going to go check it out. Wanna come along?" Robin asked quickly.
"No," he said, getting up.
He was wearing nothing but a pair of boxers.
"We're going to need to get you some clothes," Robin said.
They went to the office area and found a box of clothes in the lost and found. It looked like they had been washed and folded, ready to be claimed. They quickly went through the box and found Superboy a pair of jeans. He reached in and found a black shirt with a Superman symbol on it. After he got dressed, they left.
"Ready the portal generator," Red Arrow directed Nightwing.
"It may take a few minutes to get the settings right," he replied, pulling out the device.
"That's all right. I'm sure the League wants us home anyways."
Robin opened the door of the Mountain and they snuck in.
"There's someone here," Superboy stated.
"Can you tell what they're saying?" Robin asked.
"Some sort of portal," Superboy said, shrugging his shoulder.
They slipped through the dark hallways of the mountain to where the Zeta beam sat. In front of it stood a group of teenagers dressed in strange costumes. They looked like nothing they had ever seen before, yet were incredibly familiar.
"Are they the Team that we met at the Hall of Justice?" Aqualad asked.
"I don't know," Kid Flash said.
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"I think we're ready to go," Nightwing said.
"I'm not going," Lightspeed stated.
"What?" Red Arrow asked, facing him.
"I can't. Flash is dead in our world. I can't let that happen here."
Behind them, someone gasped. Tempest and Powerboy shared a look and went to see what was going on. They came back with four boys, clearly Superboy, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash.
"You shouldn't be here," Red Arrow said.
"Neither should you," Robin responded.
"What's this about Flash dying?" Kid Flash asked.
The Rebels glanced at each other. They didn't know if they should tell the others or not. Then, behind them, the Zeta beams activated and the League stepped through.
"Nightwing, get that portal functioning now," Red Arrow ordered.
He quickly pressed a few buttons on the device and a large yellowish portal appeared. The Rebels ran through it, Tigress grabbing Lightspeed and pulling him along as she went through. Kid Flash, who wanted his question answered, ran in after them. The other three guys followed their friend. The League ran in after their sidekicks.
The portal closed behind them. As Nightwing had to open the portal quickly, he hadn't been able to target where they would end up at. So, instead of ending up in the Watchtower, they were in Metropolis.
Plastered on the exterior of buildings were pictures of the Justice Lords with graffiti all over them. A crowd began to gather around the League and the Rebels. That's when they realized that they had fallen into a deep hole.
They were hated here.
Just in case anyone was wondering, I hate school. Not the school itself, just the people in it. Or it could just be people in general seeing as I hate a number of crowded places. And if you're wondering why I put that, it's because I'm annoyed at school right now. Why can't it be summer already?
Have a keen day,
Shadow
