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So, last chapter, we see that Robin is getting kind of edgy about this mission. He and Artemis have a talk that I hope revealed a little more about their team relationship. I'm going to try to get more out of the other characters, but with eight members of the Young Justice, as well as the bad guys(coming up shortly!), it gets a little difficult. So, if you want to see more of one character, less of another, more action, more conversation, longer chapters, etc.? Comment or PM me and let me know.
So, without further ado, I give you Chapter 7!
Alaskan Enemy Base
Jan. 20, 7: 39 p.m.
"So how are you planning on finding the goal in this mess of doors with three creeps in hazard suits patrolling each of the 108 doors?" Artemis thought as she, Robin, and Miss M. crouched near the elevator door.
"Have faith in him, Artemis. He knows what he's doing." Miss M. replied.
"Well, if you two are done talking, I've scanned this underground facility, and it looks like its a large labyrinth of doors, halls, steps, et cetera. I found the target in the 28th door on the wall to the right of us." Robin cut in. "Miss M.? You're going to set off security alarms in the 3rd door to the left. Open the door while camouflaged, then fly up as they come to investigate. If not all of them go, knock something over, then get out as they come in. Then come with Artemis and I when we go into our door. Alright?"
"Your using her as bait?" thought Superboy angrily.
"Its fine, Superboy. I got it." Miss M. told him calmly.
"If you get hurt, I'll-"
"Superboy." Aqualad's voice rang out sternly. "Enough. Keep watching the outside."
"So, what next when you get inside?" Zatanna asked.
"I follow the map to the target. It looks like she's been taken around a lot. There's two guards with her, so we'll have to get her away from them first, then take them down if we need to." Robin replied. "Okay, ready Miss M.?"
Miss M. nodded, pulled on her hood and made her way to the 3rd door on the left side.
Quietly, she opened it, and flew in. As the door remained open, the three hazard suit men looked at each other, and started to creep closer to the door, then they walked in. Miss M. flew out quickly, and Robin and Artemis ran with their footsteps silent, counting the doors on the right.
They reached the 28th which Miss M. opened, and all three went through, quietly closing the door behind them. After making sure there were no cameras in the hall, and that no one was there, they all smiled.
"Yes! We made it!" Miss M. thought.
"Yeah, we did. But that was too easy." Robin thought.
"Okay, great, too easy, want to figure it out, but could you hurry up!" KF shouted in thought to everyone. "Geez, its SO boring up here!"
Artemis rolled her eyes.
"Shut up, Wally." she thought sarcastically.
"Nah, I think he's right." came Rocket's voice. "Snow storm is startin' to look worse out there."
"Rocket's right. Its nothing to bad yet, but the snow falls faster and faster every few minutes, even if we can't feel it in here." Superboy added.
"Okay, so, what do we do next?" Artemis asked Robin.
Robin held up his glove where a small 3D maze-like map came on a screen. There was one red dot moving quickly around it, followed closely by two yellow ones.
"Red light is the target, yellow ones are those hazard suit guys. We find the girl, get her away from the yellow lights, then, get her out." Robin thought.
"How do we get her away from the yellow lights?" Artemis asked.
"That won't be the hard part. The hard part will be getting out without the lights pursuing us."
"Great." Artemis frowned.
"Well, lets go, then." Miss M. told them.
Robin stood up, glanced at the screen, then turned it off. He crept along the wall of the hallway, taking multiple rights and lefts.
"Is everything okay down there?" Zatanna thought.
"Yeah. What's taking so long?" KF inquired.
Robin checked the screen again. "I'd like to see you navigate this place. Actually, I think we're close."
The red dot was in a rectangle, a hallway, about five turns away from Robin, Artemis, and Miss M. Two rights, a left, straight, left, left, straight.
The red dot was apart from the yellow ones by a large gap, and going quickly down the hall. Suddenly there were footsteps heard.
"Hide!" Artemis thought.
The three hid behind crates as the fast footsteps grew louder.
"What's going on?" came Aqualad's voice.
"Busy, at the moment. Its the girl. We need to grab her before the hazard guys get here. Maybe, they'll pass us, then, we can figure out our way out of here, got it?" Robin replied.
Artemis and Miss M. nodded from their crates.
They then heard heavy breathing and quick, footsteps. Closer, closer, closer...
Artemis jumped up and clasped her hand around the mouth of an unsuspecting female figure who stumbled upon being abruptly stopped. She squirmed as Artemis pulled her down behind a crate, but stopped squealing when she saw Miss M. next to her. Then, stopped resisting all together as thick, hard footsteps pounded on the ground.
They all held their breaths as the footsteps pounded closer.
Two tall men in the white heavy suits ran rather heavily past the teens, not even glancing back, just thundering on down the halls.
Miss M. exhaled a little less than quietly.
"That was close." she thought.
"Yeah, but we're still not clear yet." Robin replied.
The girl was now just watching the teens.
"Is everything all right, down there?" Zatanna thought.
"We got the target." Artemis told her. "What do we do now?"
"Get out. And quickly." replied Aqualad. "This will have to be a spot for the league to check out, though."
Artemis and Miss M. looked to Robin who pulled up the screen again, the yellow dots had gone in different directions, but weren't on the path that led back to the doors.
"Okay, if we hurry, we can make it to the door room before those guys do. Let's go." he thought, and the teens stood, Artemis still holding the girl, and made their way back.
