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"Daddy I don't want to go today" a young blonde girl around the age of nine said as she was being pulled towards a building that had a sign labeling it The Light of Tomorrow's Youth Program. She wore old shoes with worn jeans and a blue t-shirt too big for her small body.
"I don't care if you want to go or not, you're going" said the man she called Daddy without turning around
They both walked in through a side door heading straight to the back rooms. No workers bothered to ask them anything for everyone there knew who they were and what the true purpose of this youth center was for. They came to an end when they entered a room with a dozen or so children ranging in age from 6 to 13. This was the usual routine; the young blonde would be left alone in the room with the children but not for long because soon weird people in lab coats would soon come in.
The young girl's father returned to the room followed by several doctors. These doctors would first have the children change into white sweat pants and t-shirts. Then the children would be given some food to eat that always tasted funny followed by foul smelling liquid. After, they would have to perform simple exercises like running, jumping, and stretching all while hooked up to strange looking machines. Sometimes some of the kids would get sick and be taken into another room but this never happened to the blonde girl.
"Everything is progressing as planned" the young girl heard a doctor tell her father
"Then after today we begin the incubation stage?" her father asked
"Yes. I'm aware you've been told this stage will take six years to complete"
"I've heard as much"
"However to begin the next phase the subjects will go through a process that will cause selective amnesia, we have decided to make them forget about this program and what we've done to them to ensure they do not act rashly until phase three begins" the doctor said to the girl's father who in return only nodded
By now the blond girl was extremely confused. She had no idea what these phases they kept talking about were, all she knew was her father and those doctors wanted something from them. The young girl was so caught up with their conversation that she hardly noticed herself becoming tired until her legs gave out and she landed on the floor. The next thing she knew someone was picking her up and laying her on a gurney, she was able to see all of the others were also being placed on gurneys. The last thing the young blonde saw was her father looking at her with an unreadable face as she fell unconscious.
The first thing Artemis noticed was a bright light being shinnied in her face then the cold air as her blankets were being ripped off of her. She popped up and was able to grab the covers before they were completely taken.
"What the hell are you doing" she angrily yells at the boy wonder as she's rapping herself back in the warm blanket
"Making sure you're not dead, it's already past noon, if you can't wake up early then maybe you shouldn't stay out so late next time" Robin laughs as he walks out the door
Artemis reluctantly got up and changed out of her pajamas before heading to the kitchen to grab a bit to eat. On her way she ran into Me'gan and Connor walking hand in hand "good morning Artemis I made lunch so there should still be some left if you hurry" Me'gan told her as they walked past each other then quickly returned to explaining to Connor the different reasons one would make a bunt cake and not just a regular one. Artemis really wished they would get over the honey moon phase of their relationship already.
She entered the kitchen just as Wally was about to devourer the leftovers from the lunch Me'gan had made "slow down there Wally we don't need a repeat of last week's chocking incident" Artemis said remembering when Wally nearly choked to death after a certain bird came running in yelling that Hollywood wanted to make a movie about Kid Flash and his adventures staring the real Kid Flash. He was so excited he forgot he just shoved a whole cake into his mouth and also accidently ate the plastic decorations on top.
"It's not my fault. Robin's the one who ran in here getting my hopes up" Wally replied trying to defend himself
"If you didn't eat like a wild pig you never would have choked on plastic decorations"
"Hey you know my body's metabolism makes me need to eat a lot, and I know how much you like my body" Wally said wiggling his eyebrows "you probably stayed up all night watching that video of me dancing"
"Yeah right, in your dreams kid pervert" Artemis said waving her hand in the air while smirking. She did watch the video a few times with Zatanna last night. The raven haired girl was very open with her thoughts on how good Robin looked in his costume dancing while Artemis only watched it to laugh at them, or so she kept telling herself that.
"So how's life in Gotham" Wally asked as Artemis was fixing herself a plate to eat from Me'gan leftovers "I mean living with a billionaire and all"
"It's good. There all really nice people although Dick Grayson can be a pain in the butt" Artemis said as she sat at the counter eating "however, Alfred, their butler makes the best food you'll ever try"
"I know" Wally mumbled remembering all the times he ate over
"What'd you say" Artemis asked
"I said speaking of food I think you owe me a meal" Wally added quickly not sure if the blonde knew Robins or Batman's identity, the girl could be truly dense sometimes
"Why in the world would I owe you anything" she asked in a sarcastic tone while finishing her food
"Because of that little show you made me do last night, besides it not like you don't have the money to feed me"
"That show was your punishment for being a creeper and following me and Zee around and it's not like any of that moneys mine I'm still as broke as I was before" Artemis said as she placed her dish in the sink and walked away, she really wasn't in the mood for a stupid argument.
Deep within a hidden laboratory teams of scientist were awaiting to hear from their boss. As they all settled down and sat in their respective chairs the room became dark and the screen on the monitor lit up revealing the face of Ra's a Ghul.
"How goes the progress" asked Ra's through the monitor
"Despite minor setbacks we are nearly ready to begin the next stage; we are only waiting for some components to come together" Professor Hedrick answered
"Very well, do what you have to do, but I want every subject ready to move to the next stage the moments it is ready" and with that the screen went dark and lights came back on
Hedrick looked to his subordinates "Send word to ready the test subjects and inform the retrieval team to pick up any that is not currently in our hands"
Several hours later the whole team is assembled in the debriefing room listening to the information that batman is giving them.
"Earlier this week we found evidence that the shadows are expecting a major shipment of propylene glycol and oleoresin capsicum chemicals which can be used to make anything from common pepper spray to lethal nerve gas"
Batman typed on the holographic keyboard and several pictures of the shipment, the boat that's carrying it, as well as the docks the ship will land appeared "The shipment is scheduled to land at 1:35 am local time" he then zoomed in on the docks "expect the shipment to be well guarded"
"What is it you want us to do exactly?" asked Zatanna
Batman pulled out several vials containing a orange liquid and handed them to Kaldur "These vials are filled with a compound that when comes in contact with propylene glycol and oleoresin capsicum renders it inert, you must not let these chemicals fall into the shadows hands"
"We shall not fail you" Kaldur responds as he hands the vials to Robin
The team gathered in the bioship Miss M in the pilot's seat with Robin and Kaldur in the front, Connor and Kid Flash on the left, and Zatanna and Artemis on the right. The flight took a half hour getting them to their destination with an hour to spare before the shipment is due to arrive.
The dock was old looking almost failing apart with lack of maintenance, it smelled of rusty metal and rotting fish. "This place looks abandoned" Kid Flash observed
"That's because it is, this dock went bankrupt four years ago, it's scheduled for demolition in three months" Robin replied as he came up behind him
"Be on guard, just because the shipment has yet to arrive does not mean there are no enemies here" Kaldur spoke getting the whole teams attention "Miss Martian link us up"
"Everyone on line?"
There was a chorus of yes' and one 'you know it green cheeks'.
"Robin you and Wally take the center dock, Superboy take the left side, Zatanna and Artemis take the right, Me'gan take the skies and I'll take the water front. Be on the lookout for anything suspicious, as well as take out any guards you may come upon"
With that the team split up.
Kaldur made his way to the water's edge and found three guards "I have a visual on three hostiles"
"I got one guard" said Superboy
"Me and Kid Flash found there home base with seven" Said Robin
"There are two over here" said Zatanna
"I've found none" said Me'gan
The ship was just arriving and began to dock, their looked to be twenty men on board
"Me'gan head to Robin an Kid Flash's location and lend a hand on my mark we will all move at the same time before the ship finishes docking, regroup at the ship after taking down the targets" Kaldur instructed and waited a few moments "now!"
Kaldur pulled his water bearers from his back and summoned water from the nearby sea to form two large hammers which he brought down on the unsuspecting men. He easily took out two but the third was only stunned, Kaldur jumped to the side just as shots were being fired at him. He quickly formed a whip out of the water rapping around one of the man's ankles taking his feet out from under him.
Superboy quickly jumped out from behind the guard and punched him in the gut sending him flying into an old storage container. The man fell to the ground unconscious "maybe I used to much strength?" he questioned as he headed towards the ship that was almost done docking.
The guard's home base was a simple shed which Robin quickly threw a smoke bomb in causing the men inside to come running out blindly. The first two were levitated off the ground and thrown into each other by Me'gan, the next two were taken out by Kid Flash. He ran up to them and grabbed their guns using them as clubs to knock the two thugs out. The last three heard the yelling and came out shooting causing Kid Flash and Me'gan to hide behind a rusty storage container that was already half destroyed. Robin snuck behind the guards and threw a bola at the man closest to the container, the rope and balls wrapped around him causing him to hit the floor with a satisfying "hump". While the two other guards were startled Robin ran and drop kicked the second guard, the third guard started firing his gun just as his partner hit the floor. With as much grace expected of the boy wonder he jumped and flipped in the air to be directly behind the thug. The moment he landed he pulled back his arm and hit the back of the guards next causing him to black out instantly.
Just before Kaldur signaled to attack Artemis saw a shadow move in the corner of her eye "Zee I saw something behind those creates over there" indicating with her head
"Ok I can take these two clowns go check it out" Artemis nodded as she slipped into the shadows
"Now"
"Snug nrut otni sepor" the archer heard Kadur's signal followed by Zatanna's spell, she knew the magician could handle herself
As Artemis came to the spot where she saw the shadow she pulled out her bow and notched an arrow, sensing someone behind her she quickly spun around but nothing was there. She was about to take a step forward but before she could someone covered her mouth from behind and pulled her deeper in the shadows causing her to drop her bow in the process.
A/N: Yes finally schools out and I can enjoy my summer :) I heard Young Justice is going on another hiatus I really hope it's not for three months again. My thanks goes out to XxSlayerChickxX, Yuka Muntou, (), SuperGLEEK97, Pink Guns and Sunfl0wer S33ds, and Believe-daydream-Fly529 for taking the time and reviewing :) and also thanks to everyone else that silently read this