Tenth Chapter XP

I do not own Young Justice or any of it's characters. That right goes to DC Comics and WB. I own only this story, the Danian race, Caroline, Jaqueline and Carmen Ericson

She smiled against his lips and pulled him closer. He could feel his thoughts fading away as their lips connected and he let go of himself. He felt the softness of her lips and pressed slightly harder against them. She moved them slightly by turning her head.

"Mmm" she moaned quietly and he felt a shiver going through his spine and he pressed harder. He didn't know for how long they'd lied there when he pulled away. She smiled at him and brushed his cheek.

"Thank you, Boy Scout" she said and kissed him again. The kiss was short. She closed her eyes and snuggled closer to him.

"You're welcome" he said and closed his eyes too. He could suddenly remember multiple scenes from when they were kids and got up. She looked at him and he bowed. He got up and reached out a hand.

"Can I have a dance miss?" he asked and she smiled.

"Of course" she said and got up, changing her clothes into what looked like a ball gown. She stepped up to him and he held his hand on her hip and took her hand in his other. She smiled at him.

"Don't go stepping on my toes now" she teased him and he smiled. He took a careful step and she followed.

"I will never step on you, I know what'll happen if I do" he smiled and she giggled. They danced slowly around in the room.

"Hopefully you do" she looked up at him "I made a clear point at keeping you from stepping on my toes when I taught you how to dance"

"Yeah, and when I finally learned to step on your toes, I suddenly needed to move to the music too!" he joked and she laughed.

"Yeah you didn't really find that all that amusing. You complained all the time" she could feel him squeeze her hand slightly.

"Yeah… but Batman never really explained to me, why I had to learn how to dance. Guess he just thought I'd know right away"

"Well, Batman is kinda rich, so parties would be expected, wouldn't they?" she smiled and he raised his arm and made her spin around, her back ending against his stomach. She looked surprised and blinked a few times.

"Where'd you learn that one?" she asked as he did it again, making them face each other again.

"Batman… he had me practice it more when you went into Arkham… don't know why though" he said and she looked down into the floor. He realized his bummer and tried to think of something to say to make her feel better. He heard her sob a little and she looked up and him again, a small tear trailing down her cheek.

"I'm so sorry I didn't mean…" he tried to apologize but she stopped up and out a finger on his mouth.

"Don't apologize Robin. I should be the one… I never told you the full range of my powers… I can conceal small parts of my mind inside small object. Objects like books, watches and… rings" she said and looked straight into his eyes.

"What're you?" she put her finger on his lips again and shook her head. She removed her finger and took out her ring.

"I put a small piece of my sane mind into the rings. That's why you can hear the last words in the sentence written on the ring. That's why you saw me in the mirror. I didn't plan on going insane, but I thought; why not prepare for the worst" she put the ring back and looked down on the floor. He looked straight ahead and felt very confused. He looked down at her.

"Okay… I'm not really feeling the aster right now… could you please explain a little more of what's going on?" he asked and she looked back to the bed. She stepped away from him and walked back to the bed. She sat down and he sat next to her.

"So?" he asked and she sighed.

"I'm not really Carmen… I'm only a piece of her mind from when she was still sane. I do know everything she does but she doesn't know about me… when you took the necklace and looked at the ring, I'd been… you could say asleep, in it for too long. She's forgotten about me" she looked at him "meaning that she doesn't know that you have the first piece of the sentence"

"Yeah, what does the sentence mean anyway?" he took out the ring and read out the words "in the days we feel alone, Coldness can freeze us to the bone?" he looked at her and she took out her own ring.

"It means that when we feel alone, we can shut ourselves out. We become cold towards others. Carmen feels alone" she looked at the ring "she was alone in Arkham… no one came to visit. She knew that they weren't allowed, but no one ever even tried to come and say hello. She's turned cold" she squeezed the ring tight and her knuckles turned white.

"So… how can I save her from it?" Robin asked and she looked up in the ceiling.

"Bring the rings together I guess… somehow you have to knock her into sanity… I don't know how you should do that though" she looked at him and smiled "but I'm sure you can do it" she got up and put the necklace back on and spun a little around.

"You suddenly got happy" he said and she looked back at him.

"Sometimes I get the feeling, that I know how the real me feels… so right now… she's happy" she said and looked into the floor.

"Is that a good thing… or a bad thing?" he asked and got up.

"Depends on who you are. It's good for her, bad for whoever made her in this mood" she looked at her hands "I feel like punching everything…" she looked at him.

"Don't punch me please" he took his hands up in defense and she sighed.

"I won't ever hurt you Robin" she smiled and walked towards him. He could feel his body wouldn't obey his orders and he was nailed to the spot. She reached out a hand and cupped his one cheek and whispered in his ear.

"I can't hurt the one I love" she kissed his cheek and removed her hand "sleep tight" he was just about to ask about what she meant when she pushed him back and he fell onto the bed, sleep taking over almost immediately.

He opened his eyes and looked up into the ceiling. He lied still for a moment, the sound of his breathing the only thing filling the room. Then he sat up and looked around. The room was the same as the one he had been dreaming about, down to every last detail. Except Carmen wasn't beside him. He looked around again and found a door. He felt his face to make sure he was wearing his mask.

"Good, still wearing it" he said and walked to the door. He noticed a window nearby and went over to look out. All he could see was the ocean. He felt like he was still asleep and held his head for a second, trying to collect his thoughts. The door opened behind him and he looked to see who entered. He widened his eyes when Carmen stepped in, her suit completely black and exposing her stomach. She smiled at him and he felt he froze at the coldness in her eyes.

"I see you're awake, my little boy scout" she said and leaned the door frame "sleep well?"

"Not as well as I could have" he replied and looked out the window again "why am I not bound?" he heard her giggle behind him and curled his hands into fists.

"Because you won't be leaving this room without my permission" he heard her step closer. He heard her giggle and she stood right behind him "you're not even able to move right now, are you?" she asked and put her hands on his shoulders, pulling her up to his ears.

"Can you?" she whispered and he tried to move, but found that his body was disobeying him. He grunted and she laughed slightly.

"See? Even though I can't control your mind, your body is a whole other story" she whispered into his ears and backed away "your friends will be here sooner than later I think. Batman wouldn't let you go around unsupervised, so he probably has some sort of tracking device somewhere on you" she said as she walked out the room. He could hear her steps and could feel his ring vibrate.

"Why aren't you saying anything little Boy Scout?" she asked when she stood in the door. She looked back at him in a sad mine but he didn't reply, his mind was quiet and she could feel her anger rise. Her mine turned angry and she looked ahead.

"Fine! If you don't want to talk, then don't!" she closed the door behind her and walked down the hall. _Robin stood and looked out the window, trying to figure out where he might be. He could still feel her hands on his shoulders. He lifted his hands and placed them on his shoulders, trying to get the cold feeling to disappear.

"Coldness can freeze us to the bones" he said and looked at the door. He sighed and removed his hands. He walked over to the bed and sat down.

"I have to get out of here somehow" he said and held his head while supporting his elbows on his knees. He tried to think about ways to get out the door, feeling quite sure that Carmen would have locked it if she didn't want him to get away. He looked over at the door and got up, trying to see if it was unlocked or not. He couldn't find a lock or a handle and looked for some sort of code lock. He sighed and punched the wall.

"Telepathic control" he said and punched the wall again "idiot!" he yelled at himself. He turned around and rested his back against the door, sliding down. He looked up into the ceiling and felt completely powerless.

"How can I save you… if I can't even reach you?" he asked himself and closed his eyes. _
She walked down the hall and tried not to think of Robin. She punched the wall multiple times and all her goons were scared to even look at her. She reached her training room and grabbed her mallet. She swung it around and destroyed everything in the room, feeling a strange feeling of content filling her entire body. She panted heavily but kept on swinging the mallet around and hit the wall multiple times, making enormous dents in it. She couldn't control her anger and it made her even angrier. She screamed and threw the mallet into the wall, making a hole in it. She breathed heavily and suddenly she could feel all her anger just washing away. She stood still for a moment and looked to her side. She smiled widely when she saw one of her goons standing there with her unconscious sister in her arms.

"You got her?" she asked and walked towards the blackhaired woman.

"Yes Milady. She was hiding in Dania with your mother. We lured her out into the woods and then knocked her out. Why do you want your sister, you do have your Robin, do you not?" she asked and handed Jackie to Nemesis. She smiled and brushed the hair away from her face.

"I couldn't let her get hurt in the awaiting battle. I have to defend my title and my Robin from his friends" she smiled and walked back to her room. Her sister made some weird noises she identified as words.

"Carmen… no… stop" Nemesis smiled and looked at the door.

#open# she smiled as it opened and walked in. She closed the door behind her and walked to the bed and placed her sister down.

"Sleep tight lil' sis" she smiled and looked behind her "yes?" she asked and looked at Robin who was leaning against the wall.

"Why is she here?" He asked and she smiled. She walked to the door and opened it, making sure he wouldn't be able to go out when she walked out.

"So she won't get hurt when your friends come" she looked at him and her smile turned insane "I'm going to have so much fun!" she laughed and walked out, closing the door just before Robin could get out. She walked back to her training room and looked around.

"Whoops… guess I want a little over board" she smiled and put everything on its place the best she could. She smiled and walked away from the room through the hole had made.

"Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are" she smiled and picked up her mallet, weighing it in her hands.

Robin looked at the closed door and punched it. He then looked back at the sleeping girl in the bed and walked to her.

"Jackie, Jackie wake up" he shook her gently and she made a small sound. Her face cringed and a tear ran down her cheek.

"Carmen… don't…" she said and moved around. Robin suddenly remembered something Carmen once said to him.

"So, do you have any family? Besides Caroline" He asked and looked at her. They were sitting outside in the garden and she looked up and closed her eyes.

"I have a big brother, his name's Derek. He's a scientist. I also have a little sister" she looked at him and smiled "she's got this awesome power, she calls it a curse, which allows her to dream about the future!" she exclaimed happily "I so wish I could see the future!"

He looked down at Jackie and widened his eyes.

"Don't what? Don't what Jackie?" he almost yelled and her face cringed into an even more pained face.

"Please… don't… Belle Reve" she said and he widened his eyes even further.

Oh the suspense X3

Hope this got you hooked for next chapter.