A/N: Okay, so remember a few chapters ago when I said that Artemis and Robin's cells looked just like Aqualad's? I lied. The rafters in Robins cell are lower than in the others, because he's chained to the ground, so he can't jump up there. It's not the only reason, but it's the only one I'm giving. Also, this is where my lack of comic book knowledge makes itself known (Long story short, I only just discovered the awesomeness of Superheroes now, and I don't know where to find comic books). Almost everything I know about Superheroes is from what I found on FF, so… ya. Also, this is the first actiony scene I've EVER written (I don't count the prologue), so it's amateurish. Deal. Lastly (man this is a long note), the POV will switch around a lot, it will be mainlyRobin for this chapter, but sometimes it will be necessary to have someone else's POV.


Part the First: Captured

Escape: Act 1

"Everyone ready?" Aqualad asked his team. He felt the confident feeling affirm his question. "I think it is time; Robin, go."

Robin nodded from in his cell, knowing that the others couldn't see him. He pushed the mind-link to the back of his mind, and smiled discreetly. Rising to his hands and knees, Robin crawled over to the small mound that the chain clasped around his ankles was connected to.

"Everything's going exactly to plan." he thought triumphantly. "Man," he pondered, plunging the silver lock pick into the small keyhole, "Are we lucky that the villains decided to all strike at the same time. Never thought I'd say that! At least they'll keep the league busy, although how did that many villains come into contact with one another. There must be at least 50 of them!"

As Robin continued to pick the small lock, he remembered how well things had gone for his team since they'd been able to talk to each other. Batman himself had come to check on them, Robin thought it ironic that he had walked so close to the cells thinking about the time of day it was, and Megan was able to find out the time from him. Furthering their luck, a call had gone out in the watchtower that many villains were attacking at the same time, and every available hero (minus Batman and Flash, who had monitor duty, a useful tidbit picked up from Batman's mind) was to leave immediately. This exodus was heard in the cells, telling the inmates that they were fortuitously located close to the zeta-tubes.

The Boy Wonder was snapped back into the present by a small click that signalled his success in picking the lock. He moved onto the shackles around his ankles, then his wrists. Once he was totally free, Robin clasped the shackles closed again.

"Can't take the chance that the league put a reactor in the chains to tell the guard that the chains are loose. It would take at least ten minuets for the reactors to, well, react, and I know that I didn't take that long. And I don't want suspicion to fall on Batman as to why my chains were open; better to leave them wondering."

Robin then jumped to the nearest rafter, climbing higher and higher until he saw the trap door in the ceiling*. Grinning, and holing back his signature laugh out of paranoia, he leapt through it. Walking a short ways in the cramped, dark, wooden space that followed, he crawled until he spotted a ladder. Robin quickly scrambled down, letting go when he was a few feet above ground and landing deafly on the cream floor outside his cell.

"I'm out." Robin called to his trapped friends.

"Good." replied Aqualad, "Do you see the control panel?"

"Yea," Robin confirmed, turning around so that the large platform was in his field of vision, "I'm looking right at it."

Robin trotted over to the desk-like podium, and seated himself in the soft, blue chair that was about a foot away from it. He gasped aloud when he looked up and saw his friends on the monitors, but quickly went back to the task at hand.

"Hacking the system now"

Robin's fingers flew in a rapid blur as he expertly typed in the codes that would release his friends. He looked up at the five monitors as all of the doors flew open at the same time, and was pleasantly surprised when the white wall divided into five different rooms, separated only by the open doors. Then, without missing a beat, he turned off the gravity lamps, torches, and bonfire that had weakened his friends.

Kid Flash recovered first, and he ran out of his room at a pace slightly faster than a normal humans. He looked around, and then ran into the room where a faint green glow could be seen through the door. Megan walked out of her cell right after, and went into the room where chains could be heard rattling. Kid Flash emerged seconds later with a weak Superboy, followed by a tired Artemis and Megan. Lastly Aqualad emerged, looking slightly worse for wear.

Robin contemplated his teammates. Kid Flash's cowl was slightly darkened underneath his eyes, and dried tear tracks could be seen. The whites of his eyes were almost completely red, contrasting heavily with the natural emerald of his irises. Artemis was almost the exact same, but raw skin showed where the manacles had rubbed of her skin. M'gann and Aqualad had sweat coating their brows, and Aqualad had a large bump on the right side of his head**. Superboy was the worst of. He had defined tear marks running down his face, and large dark spots on his shirt on either side of his neck. He was studying the ground, hands behind his back.

Kid Flash looked around him, quickly taking inventory of the well being of his friends. Robin's appearance was the one that shocked him the most. His friend was happy and smiling, but he could see the darkened spots on the domino mask his friend was sporting. Faint tear tracks ran down his face.

"But Robin never cries. Ever. Except that one time three years ago when he told me about his parents. I wonder what Bats said to him?" Kid Flash worried.

Robin noticed Kid Flash's stare, and nearly squirmed. By some unspoken command, the teens all moved so that they were standing in a tight circle in the centre of the hallway.

"Alright. Now that we're all here, we should focus on getting out." Aqualad commanded, "Kid Flash, you go into the cafeteria and get ALL the non-perishable food items you find. Bring them back here, quietly. Artemis, you and I will go and get our weapons back. Robin, stay here and make sure that no alarms go off. M'gann and Superboy, you will go to the med-centre and grab bandages, disinfectant, band-aids, scissors, and blankets. Eight blankets. Two extra, just in case."

Superboy flinched noticeably at the word 'bandages'. "Why do we need those?" he asked suspiciously.

"Because I suspect that we may get injured running from the Justice League. And because some of us are already hurt, and we cannot afford to stay here much longer." Aqualad stated calmly.

"Aqualad's right." Robin said, "Batman and Flash probably already know we've escaped, so we have to hurry."

"If they know, why haven't they come to apprehend us yet?" questioned Artemis, her voice rough as she crossed her arms over her chest indignantly.

"Because they want us to feel safe, and get confident. Then they'll swoop in and haul us back to our cells." Kid Flash stated, his raspy voice emotionless, "Either that, or they're reviewing the evidence and haven't noticed yet. But that's unlikely. Now let's go, the sooner we're gone, the better."

With that, Young Justice parted ways, Artemis and Aqualad running to the weapons room, Kid Flash skipped/ ran to the cafeteria, M'gann and Superboy dashed off to the med-centre, and Robin turned and sat back down in the chair behind the control panel, anxiously awaiting the return of this teammates.

Of course, he would deny those feeling later.

Bruce felt his eye beginning to twitch as he looked over the papers in the cream coloured folder he had in his hands.

"You know, Barry, you don't have to look over my shoulder while I'm reading."

"Sorry."

Bruce felt a breeze behind him, and glanced up to see the Scarlet Speedster fidgeting in the chair in front of him. After a couple of uncomfortable moments, Bruce stood up, tossing the folder onto a counter.

"Well Allen, you're right." Bruce said angrily, "There is a boatload of evidence, most of it stuff I trained Robin not to do when he started hero work. Some of the stuff he left behind is so obvious that I never had to tell him not to do it!"

"So either the kids wanted us to see them, or it wasn't them." Barry mused. "But some of this evidence is just so obvious, that it's probably the latter."

"Like the fact that a piece of Robin's cape was recovered" Bruce listed, nodding his head, "and Kid Flash was seen twice on camera, walking, Artemis left an arrow with her DNA on it, the list goes on!"

Barry suddenly brightened, a large grin gracing his face. "Like the evidence was planted." he said triumphantly.

Bruce stared at the other hero for a moment before smirking and nodding.

"Exactly."

Just then, a shrill, yet quiet, alarm sounded in the room, making the speedster jump and the Dark Knight raise both eyebrows in surprise.

"They're out."

"Got everything?" questioned Robin to his fellow comrades. "Good." He said in response to the nods of affirmation he received. Robin then took all the supplies, and swiftly hid them under the control panel.

"Why are you doing that Rob?" Kid Flash questioned, green eyes narrowing in inquiry.

"There's one more thing we have to get, and we can't take any of this stuff with us. It would slow us down." Robin began to walk stealthily down the hallway, motioning with a slight movement of his head to tell the others to follow.

"Well," Artemis snarled quietly, catching up to the smaller boy, "What do we still need to get?"

Robin smirked, and looked at each of the following teens in the eye before answering.

"The Evidence."


Haha! Act one complete!

*How did you think Batman got in?

**Imagine Kaldur. Now imagine him standing in the watchtower. Now imagine him with a huge bump on his head. strange sight indeed, don't you agree?

Will YJ be able to get the evidence and escape before Bruce and Barry find them?

Will the two supportive mentors help the kids, or imprison them again? (the answer is not as it seems!)

Will true love reing all? Not on my show!

What will the evidence reveal?

Will any of the other heroes show up and discover the teens missing before they escape completely?

How much longer can I possibly drag out your finding out what they did?

Will you review *please* and vote on my poll *double please*?

Stay tuned, and find out!