I own nothing. Darn.
Everyone fell to the floor.
"What's going on?" asked Wally.
"Don't know." said Robin. "Let me check the security tapes." He tapped on his gloveputer.
"Wait." said Zatanna, peering over Robin's shoulder. "Didn't those two…melt…in burning hot lava?"
"Yeah." said Robin.
"Then how…" she trailed off.
"I blame Cadmus." said Robin.
"Who?" asked Conner.
"Everyone's second and third favorite robots. Red Inferno and Red Torpedo." Everyone stared in disbelief.
"You can't be serious." said Artemis.
"I am serious!" yelled Robin, his arms flailing about.
"Ekam su emos sregnägleppod!" commanded Zatanna (Technically, doppelgänger does have an umlaut over that 'a', I think I forgot to do it in my previous chapters. It will be corrected). As she finished, multiple Robins, M'ganns, Conners, Zatannas, Artemiss, Wallys, and Kaldurs appeared in the Cave.
"Nice, Zatanna!" said Artemis. "Now, can they keep Red Inferno and Red Torpedo busy for us to go?"
"I don't know." said Zatanna.
"You don't know? Perfect. How are we supposed to escape?" demanded Wally.
"I do something Batman said to never do except in emergencies." said Robin.
"Which would be…?" asked Artemis.
"Zeta Beam Protection Sequence Override. Robin. B01." he said, standing in front of the computer. The computer blinked and flashed.
"Override Accessed and Authorized. State Destination and Number of People."
"Watchtower. Transport for the Team and Zatanna Zatara."
"State name and designation."
"Aqualad. B02. Kid Flash. B03. Superboy. B04. Miss Martian. B05. Artemis. B06. Zatanna Zatara. A03. Robin. B01." The computer screen dissolved into static, and then the familiar glow of the Zeta beams appeared. The Team and Zatanna glowed with the Zeta light (does that make sense?).
Up on the Watchtower, Hawkman stared in surprisal at the screens in the monitor room.
"Red Tornado, to the monitor room please." he said into his com link. A few seconds later, Red Tornado was heard flying up.
"Yes?" he asked.
"There is a massive energy signal coming from Mount Justice. It appears to be Zeta Beams, trying to Zeta up here. What should we do?"
"What can we do?" asked Red Tornado.
"Either redirect them to a different location, allow them up, or deny them altogether. You know the children best. Why would they be coming up? And for that matter, how could they be coming up?"
"I suppose that something terrible is happening down there. I would have to say that Robin did some hacking. Check security cameras." Hawkman nodded and tapped a few keys. His expression turned to one of horror.
"The Red androids are in the Cave." he said.
"Allow the children to come up here immediately." said Red Tornado. Had he not been a robot, his voice would have shown concern. Hawkman tapped a few more keys.
"Robin, why are we not being Zetaed to the Watchtower?" asked Aqualad.
"I don't know." said Robin thoughtfully. "Maybe if I-" he was cut off. The door to the room was being forced open. "Oh, hurry up, you good for nothing, old piece of junk!" he screamed at the computer. The Zeta Beams glowed brighter, and everyone was Zetaed to safety.
"OK." said Hawkman. He and the rest of the League (Hawkwoman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, Green Lantern, and Red Tornado (I intended to say Green Lantern twice, one is the Founding Member Hal Jordan, the other is John Stewart)) were staring at the children.
"Start talking." said Wonder Woman.
"Red Inferno and Red Torpedo broke into the Cave again." said Robin. "I hacked the Zeta Beams and the Watchtower security and protection to get us sent up here."
"Cool!" exclaimed Wally. "Is that space?"
"Wallace Rudolph West!" yelled Artemis. "Kind of important problem over here!"
"Right. Sorry." mumbled Wally as he walked back over.
"What happened?" asked Captain Atom.
"First, we were sent on a mission by Zatara. Zatanna followed us, and then herself, Miss Martian, and Artemis were captured. Then myself, Wally, Kaldur, and Conner came back to the Cave, where we looked everywhere. Wally checked the Central City, Conner checked the Cave, I checked Gotham, Star City, and just about any other place you can think of through security cameras, and Kaldur searched the underseas. We all came up empty, and then discovered that Green Arrow, Zatara, and Martian Manhunter are missing. Then the girls were transported back by Zatanna, we all met in the computer room, where Zatanna pointed out where they were being held, which was Cadmus, and Miss Martian confirmed, and we were just about to take Cadmus on, when Red Torpedo and Red Inferno 'dropped' in for a visit, and were probably sent to destroy us. So I hacked the Zeta Beams security protocol and the Watchtower defense system and brought us up here, and-"
"Whoa!" said Captain Atom. "Not that much. I meant just the quick basics."
"I was taught to always give a detailed report." said Robin.
"Still." growled Captain Atom.
"Wonder Woman, how did Batman get captured?" asked Wally curiously.
"I don't know what you are talking about." she said, a little nervously.
"Diana." sighed Robin.
"Chloroform." she said.
"And how do you know this?" asked Hawkwoman.
"We were on vacation." she said.
"Together?" asked Captain Marvel.
"That is kind of what was said." said Wonder Woman.
"So you know Batman's secret identity?" asked Black Canary.
"Yes." said Wonder Woman.
"Not the point right now." said Robin. "Can I have access to the Watchtower's computer? Now?"
"Of course." said the non-founder Green Lantern. "Right this way." He created a walk way with his ring, but Robin launched a birdgrapple and 'flew' up to the computer.
"Recognized. Robin. B01." said the automated voice. "Access denied. Justice League level authorization required."
"Watchtower defense override. Batman. 02."
"Access granted."
"Access Cadmus database."
This ends Chapter 8. Sorry for longish wait, haven't been able to write a lot, and I got a request for longer chapters. How's this? Thank you for reviewing Chapter 7, DavidxEmber. It is really enjoyable to get reviews. What will happen in Chapter 9? See you next time!
~Quillcox
