"Deceiver, dissembler, Your trousers are alight, From what pole or gallows, Shall they dangle in the night?" Robin whirled around hearing something whispered in his ear. "Dude, you alright?" "Yea," Robin nodded to his redheaded friend continuing down the alley. He had the feeling that they were being watched looking up to see a solitary crow staring down at them. "Deceiver, diss.." the voice drifted till there was nothing but a light whisper carried away by the wind.

-Disclaimer- I do not own Young Justice although I would very much love to. Sigh. Depression.

This fic will contain the following- Original character(s), Other characters of the DC world(some more known than others), Cursing, Themes many may not agree with including but not limited to: alcohol and drug usage, mentions of abuse (physical and emotional), innuendos (of the sexual nature) a.k.a jokes, blood/gore, and possible death, possible romance…not sure on that one.

Important Note-Okay so I am going to go ahead and apologize for not updating in such a long time. Life has been kicking my backside for the past few months.

Special thanks to Leradomi for their PM. It got me moving a lot faster on this chapter so hope you like it. It took me some research and a lot of planning to get this one out. I don't think I will have to explain anything any time soon although if you have any feedback that would be nice not needed for an update but it would really help for me to know if I'm going in the right direction with the story still.

Um so enjoy. XD

Quote- "Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see."

~Benjamin Franklin

Mount Justice

March 6th

5:23p.m

Sitting in the mountain the team had decided that on another possible day off, let's face it things had been relatively quiet the past two days, they would just sit around and watch some TV. Relaxation was key seeing as with school, training, and preserving justice, they had done so little of it. Having convinced Conner to turn from his favorite channel they had finally settled on watching a re-run of the Crocodile Hunter Diaries.

Having settled down again, after Wally's attempt at killing Robin (the male had let 'slip' that Wally had cried on hearing of the untimely death of the great Steve Irwin ((A/N:I know I did)) ) the two males found themselves sitting next to each other on the sofa with Zatana next to Robin. Artemis and Raquel across from them leaving Kaldur to the recliner and Conner and M'gann content on the floor lying down holding hands.

Robin could say that he was only half paying attention to the episode as he had other more important things running a marathon through his mind. It had been three days. If he wanted to count by the hours and seconds then sure, he could chalk that up to why he had seen neither hide nor hair of either Mackenzie or Corva. But still it was the third day and they were nowhere to be found.

There was no way that they would have forgotten the time. Less they wanted a pissed off mini-bat on their ass. He didn't like being lied to, that being his number one pet peeve. Well that, not counting when people didn't roll down the bag of cereal letting the air stale-ify the breakfast food cough cough Wally cough cough.

Glaring at the male Robin couldn't help but be happy that he was back up and running/eating. He didn't know what he would do without his best friend. Face it, he loved and cared about the team but Wally was his best friend. His brother. The guy couldn't up and just die without his permission. Saying as much yesterday to the redhead, they had laughed about it for hours both knowing how serious the younger male was.

That and Roy would find some way to resurrect either one of them just to kill them with his own bare hands.

That's when it hit him. Robin distinctly remembered the female saying that he had called her when Wally was in trouble. At the time he hadn't thought much into it. Now it was at the front of his mind on ways to get what he needed faster. Wondering if he had of just called her from the beginning and demanded her tell him what was going on Robin shook his head and concentrated on calling Mackenzie.

But how to do so? This wasn't Aladdin. He couldn't just rub a magic lamp for her to appear before him. He had a ring though. The ring was what kept them in tune with one another Mackenzie had at least explained that much.

Maybe if he just simply thought about-Oh.

Unlike the first time it had happened Robin had not been knocked unconscious able to see how one minute the room was normal and the next his eyes seemed to have been covered in an orange filter. The room stayed otherwise the same minus the team members who had been sitting on the sofa, the only one with him, Wally who was looking around wide eyed waving his hand in front of his face. There were small holes littering the walls and floors, dark orange ash falling from the ceiling.

"Howdy!" A familiar voice sounded from behind the males startling them both even further. It took Robin a second to realize he had heard the voice before, Mackenzie. Turning around the female stood a bit of a ways back from the sofa as if remembering the male was quick to swing (which he was, hello). Standing next to her was Madame Corva floating a few feet off of the ground.

"Hi," Wally drew out, one eyebrow raised looking between the two females. He had met Corva before this being his first time meeting Mackenzie.

Seeing as neither female were going to move from their spots in the middle of the living room Robin and Wally stood up to make their way over the raven haired junior hero bent on a mission. It had in fact been three day. Time for answers."

"So…what is this?"

"This dimension," Corva spoke up her piercing gaze upon Robin, "is in another time frame than yours so really no time has passed in your world at all." The extra bit of information was good to know in Robins book. He would rather the other members of the team not alerted to what was going on at the moment. It wasn't like he didn't trust them he just trusted Wally more with this type of stuff…A lot more.

Not having to say as much it seemed like Mackenzie and Corva noticed this as Wally was the only one out of the team not back in their own time…This was weird.

"It's pretty neat wouldn't you agree?" Mackenzie said waving her hand in front of her giving a dizzying twirl.

"It's...Interesting," Wally answered sticking out his hand to catch some of the orange ash falling to the ground. It kind of reminded him of that movie they had watched not too long ago, Silent Hill. Hoping that no giant ax wielding demons would come barraging out of nowhere, Wally glanced quickly at Robin. The male looked five seconds from exploding into another round of questions, his arms folded, foot tapping the ground impatiently.

"So," Robin said giving Wally a quick look before returning his gaze to Mackenzie. "They won't even notice we're gone?" He had to confirm it.

"Nope," Mack chirped with a wide smile on her face. Tilting her head to the side she placed her pointer finger to her chin as if she were deep in thought. "Although if your friend here wasn't with us he might have noticed something was up I don't know. How fast is your eyesight?" That last bit was directed to Wally who was slightly caught off by the question.

"Pretty fast," he answered not really knowing how else to explain it. Getting into the science of it all right now was probably not one of the best things to do at the moment.

"Yep…You might have noticed." She looked the male up and down once again before speaking. "Could be the reason why you didn't react like most on their first journey here. Anyway," she continued cutting off any questions that may have been posed if the raised red brow was anything to go by, "I'm pretty sure you are a little ticked with us not giving you the answers you wanted for the last few days."

"Ticked being an understatement," Robin said giving the females a cross look he was sure they felt behind his glasses. It was about time they get to the program and give him what he wanted to know. Having him wait like they did was by far completely unnecessary.

Crossing over to the sofa, where oddly enough Robin was sure someone was still sitting…In their own time (this is still so weird) Mackenzie plopped down planting her feet on the coffee table. Beckoning for the others to follow both young males did so albeit reluctantly while Madame Corva just floated over, hovering next to Mackenzie's seated form.

"But wait..." Robin cut in before Mackenzie could say anything. He distinctly remembered being at least a few minutes late on getting to Wally and the others after she had let down the barrier. How was it different now?

Saying as much Mackenzie informed both males that there were two types of barriers they could place up. She just wasn't as good compared to Corva when it came to erecting them. A correctly done barrier would be able to completely drag them into the dimension. Hers at the moment was only able to hinder people from wandering into the space in which they had talked.

Getting that cleared away allowing the male to relax a bit Mackenzie popped a question of her own. "What do you want to know first?"

Really? After all this waiting all Robin wanted them to do was tell him straight what was going on or get out. "How about you start from the beginning. Who are you? What do you know about my parents and their deaths and what do you want with me?"

Whistling Mackenzie sat back a bit further into the cushions. "That's a pretty tall order there sir, but I will comply."

"Don't think you have a choice," Robin mumbled underneath his breath.

Winking at the male, Mackenzie cleared her throat before she began her explanation.

"I'm pretty sure you all know about Hades the ruler of Tartaras." Without waiting for an answer Mackenzie continued talking. "There are sub portions not ruled by Hades within the underworld, namely Sodalicia. It's home to the Bry or to better understand we crow and raven familiars. Centuries ago there were two rulers, one for the Ratched or Raven familiars and one for the Cortess or Crow families. Mellori and Berretti."

"What happened then?"

Mackenzie's smile seemed to falter as she hesitated to answer the question posed by the redhead.

"Mellori disappeared. Many centuries ago." Corva supplied, the younger female looking slightly grateful she had done so.

"So that would make you how old?" Wally asked the other redhead before stopping himself. It was never polite to ask a woman's age in any given situation and he was pretty sure no matter how happy and cheery Mackenzie seemed to be he could still die from asking. "Forget I said anything," he quickly amended.

The female didn't seem at all offended as she only chuckled her demeanor back to being cheerful. "Quite a few thousand years old, still young compared to many of my fellows."

"Immortal?"

"Oh no," Mackenzie spoke shaking her head. "We were not cursed with such a fortune."

Cursed with such a fortune? Internally shrugging his shoulders Robin leant a bit forward in his seat. "So..."

"Right. So, we are familiar to humans specifically those with the ability to open and close the portals between the two dimensions. You see not all demons are able to traverse between the upper surface and Tartaras at will like we Bry are. Between that, not all of the entrances to Tartaras are physical and that is where these humans come in. Physically the human isn't needed as much as the force they carry within their body but us Bry protect them from dangers."

"What dangers?" Robin asked interrupting the female.

"Well, there are some demons who don't particularly like the fact that humans have the power to discern who can and can't bypass the barriers. Some have the ability to come to the surface world for short amounts of time and track down these humans to kill them and obtain this force for themselves." Stopping Mackenzie turned to Corva as if to see if it was alright to continue. When she got a stiff head nod she returned her gaze to Robin and Wally.

"Just like there are portals to Tartaras there are also those to Heaven. The Bid, or Doves are familiars to those who can sense those portals. They are personally afraid that the humans that can manipulate the Tartaras portals are purely evil like the demons they keep in check and thus will let them overrun the human world, kill their humans, and overrun Heaven."

"Wow."

"Yea."

"But would they really allow-"

"Not all of the gods are against or above killing humans if it means protecting their own hides."

Both Robin and Wally looked to Corva who had spoken. Being the most ancient one in the room neither male were going to question her. Her eyes spoke more in volume than her aged voice ever would.

"So…I'm one of these Humans that can sense these portals…To hell…Is what you're telling me." To say Robin was taking this all in pretty well was in Mackenzies opinion was an understatement. He was calm and accepting everything they had to say which to the female was a great thing. It would make it a lot easier for her to protect him if he cooperated.

"Yes. It's not so much of a bad thing really I mean you're not a bad person because of this. You're just more…in tune with Hell so to speak…Maybe I didn't say that right," the female spoke giving a quick look to Corva who once again remained quiet. "You…Um…"

"Don't worry about it," Robin said cutting the females slight ramblings off. There were other things that he wanted to know the answer to, pieces to those questions slowly fitting together. "Why, if you even know are we even capable of opening these portals? How can that even be done and why do you know that I am one of these people?"

"Your parents, both, could do so," Corva answered once again in Mackenzie's place. "That and Mackenzie here can sense your link. All Portals have a familiar which they are connected to."

"Portal?"

"That is what we call you carriers."

"So…I'm just a carrier to you people? What's stopping you from just killing me yourself and using me to let your people overrun the world?"

"You ignorant-"

"Corva please." Silencing the older woman Mackenzie turned back to Robin who looked a bit more irate than he had moments before. "Blue eyes," Mackenzie started hoping that the slightly familiar name would calm him down if only slightly. "Us Bry are able to move between the dimensions already at will. We do not wish for either world, yours or the uppermost to be overrun by Hades or his minions. We…do not get along nor do we have the same views. We don't want to see people get hurt senselessly due to the greed or ignorance of others. What you choose to do, however, is all up to you."

Letting the females words soak in, Robin took of his sunglasses locking his blue eyes with Mack's hazel. She seemed to be genuine whilst speaking to him and he was sure had Wally felt otherwise he would have let him know. The males silence spoke volumes in more ways than one.

"How can I sense these portals?"

"Well…That…It's more of your thing rather. I'm not entirely too sure but when you do, you will know."

That doesn't help, Robin thought as he sighed the most important question to him at the tip of his tongue. "My parents."

"Your parents Richard, where killed by a group of demons. One of the Portals allowed them to go through. We are still unsure as to who but rest assured that we are tracking them till this day."

A revenge hit no doubt, Wally thought turning his attention from the ancient woman over to his best friend to see how he was taking the news. Fists clenched it may not have been all that great. Of course he wasn't taking it all that great. Who would? No doubt he was thinking of all the possible ways of finding for himself who had taken his parent's lives.

"Till next time," Mackenzie spoke waiving at the two males as Corva disappeared right before their eyes. "Don't hesitate to call if you need anything," the female added pointing to her empty ring finger before she too disappeared.

-xoOox-

Snapping back into reality Robin quickly surveyed the room noting that not only had they ended back up in their original seats but Kaldur was still on the same word he had been on once they were pulled into the dimension with Corva and Mackenzie. It was like she had said. No time had passed. Sighing with relief Robin was about to try and get comfortable, at least go back over the new bits of information later when a female voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Why are you two holding hands?"

Raising his brows Wally looked down to see that he was in fact still holding onto the younger male's hand. Wanting to face palm the male did the next best thing. Annoy the blonde archer who had called him and his best friend out.

"You have a problem with that Artie?"

"Not at all Baywatch," Artemis shot back narrowing her eyes at the freckled male at the use of her second most hated nickname. "It's just that-"

"I think she's jealous," Robin spoke up cutting the archer off as she glared between the two his gaze, although hidden by the sunglasses, was focused on the blonde. "If you want I'm pretty sure Wally will hold your hand too if you ask him nicely. I can share."

Blinking in disbelief at the mini-bat Artemis could do nothing but stare for a bit longer before rolling her eyes. "I hate you both."

"Love you too Beautiful."

"Not as much as you love me right?" Robin squeezed Wally's hand before resting his head on the older males shoulder.

"Never," Wally said resting his chin on Robins head.

A choking noise sounded from the other side of the room both males turning their gaze onto Raquel. "What did I tell you both about doing that while I'm drinking," Raquel asked the two placing her cup down. She had been too close to losing her drink onto the carpeted ground and was not going to be the one cleaning it up let alone explain it to Red Tornado or Batman.

Giving the female an apologetic look which came out more of a smirk than anything Wally got up and stretched popping his back whilst doing so. How long had they been sitting down today anyway? Black Canary would not approve if she were their den mother right now. As it were it was Captain Marvel. Hence the, sit in front of the TV and act like sloths day.

"Between Conner's cupcakes (which came out way better than the 'cake' he had made last time) and the terror twins love fest it's been a pretty good day," Artemis said sitting further into the sofa kicking her feet up. She had just finished polishing her arrows before picking up her new bow inspecting it. It was taking her some time to get used to it, no thanks to that damn cat but she was due for a new one anyways.

With a round of agreeing nods from the rest of the room Wally plopped back down into his seat. "If it stays quiet like this I am not complaining."

Team Report

"And you both just had to-"

"Not a word," Wally and Artemis said in unison cutting the raven haired male off as they slunk off with a sigh. "Not a word."

-xoOox-

Star City

March 6th

8:26p.m.

Roy sat at his kitchen table looking over the Raven. Running his hands over his face for probably the twentieth time that night he gave an exasperated sigh before reading the last line over.

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor. Shall be lifted – nevermore."

Resting his head none too gently into the table Roy kept it there before banging it one more time. This class was going to be the death of him.

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