Disclaimer:

I still don't own Young Justice. (Sadly)

Robin felt Leah tense beside him. She was a perceptive child. Robin gave her had a squeeze and whispered, "Stay quiet."

He lifted the girl up and looked at Kid Flash. He had plucked Penny from the path. He held the little girl and called to Batman and Flash.

"WE'VE BEEN SPOTTED! SUPERBOY, SUPERMAN, BLACK CANARY, WE NEED BACK UP!" KF hollered.

Leah squeezed Robin's hand harder, which he took for a warning. He looked over and saw people running towards them…with guns.

What. The. Hell.

"They're armed!" Robin warned KF. "We need to get the kids out now!"

He picked Leah off the ground and held the girl. Faith had Ginerva and Tammy, but looked around wildly for her other daughter Carrie. Faith had grabbed Silvia and a few other kids. Robin saw Batman and Flash running outside the pack. Batman was yelling at someone. He realized that Carrie was in front of the crowd. They had an easy shot at her. That is, until Mockingbird dropped down and tossed a rock at them. She just had to play hero didn't she? Batman grabbed Carrie and the Flash helped herd the other kids as they continued their way to the transports.

Superboy launched into action. He ran out ahead of them.

"RUN KID RUN!"

Superboy turned and fear sunk in. There was the lady with the red hair…and she had Robin at gunpoint.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Superboy shouted.

A small squeak escaped from the boy wonder. Or so Superboy thought. Leah was also being held and gunpoint, and she was still clinging to Robin as if he was her savior. The little girl looked at him with fearful grey eyes. Superboy looked around. Superman and Black Canary were preoccupied, Aqualad and Aquaman joining them. Green Arrow had gone to help the rest of the kids escape. He saw some of the other kids, like Regan with a gun. Breeze was also shooting at the people. The others were rounding the last of them up. They managed to get just about everyone out before the unthinkable happened.

Okay what happened was thinkable, but Superboy never expected it to happen…not to her. Jessa, the girl who'd met them, who'd been so kind, slumped to the ground dead. Robin looked down at Leah's horrified face. He wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't.

"EVERYONE STOP!" the red-head yelled. "OR I SHOOT THE BOY AND THE LITTLE GIRL!"

They turned to see her holding the Boy Wonder. A choked cry came out of Miss M's throat. Not her friend! Green Arrow threw a girl out towards them. They heard the sound of gunshots and their voices were caught in their throats. Mayina shrieked for the others. Jason, Alex, Sean, and Meeah tumbled out. Breeze and Regan were nowhere to be seen. A few kids had been left inside as well.

Inside, Breeze took in her last breath beside Regan. Regan's eyes were shut, and she looked so peaceful. Most of the others had looks of fear on their faces as they expired. She wheezed one more time, and shut her eyes forever. The gun slipped from her hand. And a boy stood there wondering what the hell he'd just done.

Lilith smiled and tugged on Robin's collar. She looked at the two girls who had landed. The one had a murderous look on her face. Mockingbird swore to god if she touched that boy, she was going to have an excruciatingly painful death at her hands…or the Bats, whichever got to the bitch first.

"LILITH!" Mockingbird growled.

The woman's smile faded a bit when she saw the two girls. She hissed, "I thought you two were dead!"

"You. Freaking. Wish," Mockingbird screeched.

Golden Finch's face was cold and hard, reminding KF a bit of Batman. As if she realized she was outnumbered, a flash of smoke appeared around the woman, Robin, the man, and Leah. Mockingbird and KF ran into the smoke, all sense of caution abandon.

The smoke cleared.

But no one was there.