Mount Justice- December 23rd- 4:00 P.M-
"Have you ever thought that you might be in denial?" Black Canary sat down in front of Nightshade who was just staring back at her trying to figure out if it was a joke or not, but Black Canary kept talking about what had happened, so she figured it wasn't a joke. "Are you going to do that every time I ask you a personal question?" she asked.
"Would you like me to just tell you that you're wrong?"
"Jade. You tortured and killed a man just a few days ago. You have to be feeling something," she said.
"Okay. First of all, I didn't kill Shellcase, I mean I wanted to, but Nightfall was the one that did it. Also, it's not the first time either one of us kills someone," Nightshade reminded her, while she put her legs over the arm of the chair.
"I know you think you're not responsible for what Nightfall does, but can you seriously tell me you have absolutely no control over her actions?" Black Canary leaned forward.
"No. I think you forgot that I'm just a guest in this body, I can fight off Nightfall's attempts at taking over, but once she does I'm just a powerless spectator. Sometimes I can't even remember what she did," Nightshade told her.
"Do you think I could talk to Nightfall then?" Black Canary asked. She had already grasped the fact that Nightshade had nothing to do with the Justice League murders, but if she could just talk to Nightfall, no. She didn't want to talk, she wanted to get her revenge on Nightfall. While she was lost in her thoughts, she was pulled back by the sound of Nightshade's laughter.
"Sorry, there's laughter in my head," she answered getting up from the chair. "Maybe solve your own issues before trying to meddle into mine," she told Black Canary before closing the door behind her to see the team was gathered outside. She gave them a slight nod before walking away towards her room.
Mount Justice- January 14th 2013- 2:00 P.M-
A few more weeks had passed since Nightshade's talk with Black Canary. She seemed to be doing well completely ignoring the problem, but the team was still worried about her, which is why when they heard a loud crash coming from Nightshade's room, they rushed to her room and opened the door to see Nightshade aiming a knife at a green fly in her room.
"Wait!" yelled Miss Martian managing to stop the knife before it hit the fly that then made its way towards her and took the shape of a green monkey-boy that couldn't have been older than nine.
"What the fuck?" asked Nightshade. The kid hid behind Miss Martian when Nightshade got closer. "Kid, I almost killed you," she said.
"This is Garfield Logan, he's…..my little brother," Miss Martian told everyone that was just as confused as Nightshade, everyone but Superboy.
"Wait a minute, isn't he the kid from Qurac?" asked Nightwing, "what happened to his mom?" Superboy and Miss Martian looked at each other, thinking about whether they should tell them or not.
"Remember that blood transfusion M'gann gave him back in Qurac, it seems her shapeshifting powers were transferred to him," Superboy answered. When he ignored the question about Garfield's mother, the other just assumed the worst and didn't press the issue any further. Nightshade leaned down to reach for something under her bed and pulled out a bag of candies. She took one out and handed the rest of the bag to the kid who finally came out from behind Miss Martian to take it.
"What?" she asked when she saw their shocked faces, "I can be nice every once in a while. Is it that hard to believe?" she asked, and the others nodded.
"Hey, looks like Jade finally found someone who matches her mental age," the team looked back to see Rocket standing in the doorway. She had arrived from a mission with Icon just in time to witness Nightshade's caring side.
"Don't make me hit you," she answered.
"Can you even reach my face?" asked Rocket taunting her. The girl had stopped growing at 5'2 making her the shortest team member.
"You know damn well I can," answered Nightshade pushing past the team. The two of them kept yelling insults at each other, so Miss Martian covered Garfield's ears and pulled him out of the room.
"Come on Gar, you don't need to see this," she told him leaving with the rest of the team.
"Are they going to fight?" he asked, looking back at the pair.
"Nah. At this point, that's just a greeting for them. They insult each other for a while and then move on as if nothing happened," Kid Flash explained. By the time Garfield looked back again, the two of them were laughing together. As they walked back to the lounge, Nightwing and Aqualad stopped Superboy and pulled him into the trophy room for some privacy.
"What happened to the kid's mother?" asked Nightwing as soon as the door closed.
"Queen Bee killed her, she made her drive off a cliff," Superboy answered. "He's been better this last few months though," he continued without thinking about what he was telling the other two.
"Months? How long has he been living in the cave without our knowledge?" Aqualad asked Superboy raising one eyebrow at him. Superboy's answer was interrupted when Kid Flash ran into the room with half a candy bar in his hand.
"Batman's here," he told them and the four of them walked out to see Batman staring down at Garfield before redirecting his gaze towards Nightwing, but without saying anything, he just started talking about the mission.
"We got some information that Queen Bee will be attending the Wayne Benefit Gala tomorrow. There will be many diplomats attending, chances are that Queen Bee will try something,"
"Okay….and you want us to do what?" Asked Artemis.
"You'll be going undercover into the gala, either as guests or part of the staff," Batman informed them. "Batgirl, Kid Flash and Rocket, you'll be part of the waiting staff. Superboy, Miss Martian, you two will stay in the kitchen and out of Queen Bee's sight. Artemis and Aqualad, you will work at the door. Zatanna, Nightwing and Robin, the three of you will be among the guests," he finished.
"What about Nightshade?" Zatanna asked.
"Jade Collins is the face of the new scholarship program the benefit gala is promoting, she's already on the guest list," said Batman. After he said that, the room exploded with laughter forcing the girl to sink deeper into the couch, a laughter that was only silenced when Batman cleared his throat. "We will meet up early tomorrow morning to discuss the rest of the plan, for now get some rest." After Batman left and the guys had headed towards the training room, Nightshade got up from the couch and started walking out of the room.
"You're not going to bed, right?" Rocket asked.
"Of course not," she answered.
"Where are you going?" Batgirl asked.
"Out," she answered dangling the keys to her bike from her finger. Once Nightshade was out of sight and earshot, the girls gathered around in the lounge.
"Something's definitely wrong," said Rocket.
"Maybe she's nervous about the Queen Bee thing?" Artemis tried to guess.
"Could it have something to do with the fact that her wounds aren't healing as fast as they used to?" Zatanna thought out loud.
"What did you just say?" Miss Martian asked.
"I heard Nightshade and Black Canary talking about it the other day. Black Canary sounded concerned," Zatanna explained.
"Why wouldn't she tell us?" Rocket asked.
"Why would she? Nightshade never tells us anything about herself. Think about it, everything we've learned about her has come from outside sources. She never talks about herself and every time we find out something, she either denies it or avoids it," Artemis reminded them.
"I want to go tomorrow," their talk was interrupted by Garfield who was standing in the kitchen staring at them.
"Garfield, I don't think that's a good idea," Miss Martian told him, crouching down to match his eye level. "You're not ready to see Queen Bee, but if you want we can talk to Batman and take you along for a different mission?" she offered.
"I want to go on this one," he kept insisting.
"Gar…not this one," she finished talking.
Wayne Manor- 8:00 P.M-
"Master Grayson, it truly has been a long time since I last saw you," Alfred greeted him. Dick went in for a hug as soon as the man opened the door. His hug was returned with a tight embrace and a warm smile as the now sixteen-year-old teen stood in front of him.
"It really has been a while, Alfred. Is Bruce around? I need to talk to him," he asked. The old man pointed to the ground, knowing he would understand exactly where he could find Bruce Wayne. "Got it," he said and rushed off to the Batcave. He opened the door to see Bruce and Jason right in front of the computer, going over the plan for tomorrow's gala. Dick watched them from the top of the stairs, in the months he had been gone, Bruce had taken it upon himself to redecorate the Batcave, mainly he set up a pedestal where he put his old costume on a mannequin. A little unsettling, he thought walking down the stairs.
"Can I have a second?" he asked. Bruce and Jason turned around to look at him. "Alone," he cleared up.
"Sure. Jason, go ask Alfred about dinner," he told him.
"Why?" he asked hoping to stay.
"Go," Bruce told him one more time before the kid ran up the stairs and out of the cave. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"First of all, good to see you too. I've been doing pretty well on my own in case you wanted to know," Dick told him.
"I know. Bludhaven's crime rate has lower in the past couple of months," he answered showing him a graph in the screen. Of course he knew where he was this whole time.
"Okay, leaving the stalking aside, why are we taking Robin on this mission?" he asked.
"He's part of the team," Bruce answered.
"Are you crazy? He is just a kid, I'm not babysitting," Dick told Bruce.
"You will not be babysitting, he knows more than enough," said Bruce, "as I'm sure you know," he said. That last bit angered Dick enough to make him storm out of the cave passing Alfred in the kitchen with Jason.
"You will not be staying for dinner Master Grayson?" Alfred asked wondering if he should put the extra plate or not.
"No thank you Alfred, I'll leave the kid and Jason to you," he said before storming out.
Gotham City- January 25th- 9:34 P.M-
The team had settled in their places, Artemis and Kaldur put on their disguises and started welcoming the guests as they came. They watched all the snobby rich people waltz into the place that had been decorated with gold accents, expensive flowers and a huge chandelier diamond hanging from the ceiling.
"Just how much money does this Wayne guy have?" Artemis muttered as she received a coat from a tall slender woman with short hair the color of coal that contrasted nicely with her deep green eyes. The woman snickered when she heard Artemis' remarks, but kept walking when the next snob arrived.
"She looks familiar," Auqalad said, turning his head to look back at the woman just as she turned the corner. He went back to receiving the guests the moment he heard Nightwing's voice, or more like Richard Grayson's voice. He had a nice expensive suit on with a black bow tie that fit him just right, he had even turned a few heads on his way up to them. Their smiles dropped when they also saw Jason Todd walking right behind him in a dark blue suit.
"Is she here yet?" Dick asked trying to look inside the hall.
"Who? Queen Bee or Jade?" Artemis asked with a smirk on her face. Kaldur glanced in his direction and a small smile showed up on his face, soon the two of them were giving him their best mocking smiles.
"I—I," he cleared his throat, "Queen Bee of course," he told them.
"No, we're still waiting for her," Kaldur answered. "And Jade should be here soon," The smirk was back on their faces as Dick walked by the two of them. The two of them were brought by to reality by the sudden sound of camera flashes of reporters flocking at the bottom of the stairs. Bruce Wayne stepped out of the black Aston Martin that had pulled up right in front of the venue, he fixed his bow tie just as the flashing of the cameras started, he then turned around and offered his hand to a supermodel that walked with him down the black carpet that lead to where Artemis and Kaldur stood.
"Mr. Wayne! How do you respond to the claims that this is just a publicity stunt for Wayne Industries?" one of the reporters yelled as he walked by.
"I would say they are correct, but this is also about helping more kids in Gotham get a good education," he answered, his smile would be the perfect picture to go with that statement. After answering a few more questions, he and the woman kept walking and finally reached the other two teens waiting for them. The woman handed her coat over to Kaldur and winked at him before returning to Bruce's arm who had merely giving them a glance. The reporters held their pose when another black car pulled up, out of the car came New York City Mayor Arthur Hall followed by Jade Collins. She stepped out in a long A-line black dress with long sleeves and an open back, the two of them walked the carpet, Jade ignored the flashes and question, leaving Mayor Hall to answer all of them.
"Nice dress," Artemis told her as she arrived alone at the door.
"Thanks, it has pockets," Jade told her while she waited for Hall. She pulled her hands up to her hair and fixed her updo. "Is she here yet?" Jade asked once Mayor Hall was close enough.
"Not yet," Kaldur answered just as the man arrived at the door.
"Thank you for leaving me alone back there," he told her gabbing her arm and walking her inside.
"Well, you looked so pleased in front of the cameras," they heard her answer just as the two turned the corner to enter the elevator that lead to the gala. "Did it had to be on the thirtieth floor?" Jade mumbled as the two of them exit the elevator. The inside was even fancier than the ground floor, the live music and the perfectly organized tables around the floor gave the appearance of a hall inside a castle. Jade didn't have much time to appreciate it, since the moment they set foot into the room, Mayor Hall pulled Jade over to greet Bruce Wayne.
"Mister Wayne, I would like to thank you again for supporting our program and helping it expand to Gotham City," he said as the two of them shook hands.
"Well I don't always have time to do a lot of things for Gotham, is nice to be able to give back to my city," he answered while Jade just mouthed 'wow' in the background. "Miss Collins, glad you could join us tonight," he finally acknowledged her.
"Well, I was persuaded," she answered glancing at Arthur Hall. After some passive aggressive comments on both sides, Jade managed to walk away from the conversation when she spotted Raquel walking around with a tray full of alcoholic drinks. Before she could reach her destination, Jade pulled her over to the side where no one was watching, grabbed a glass and gulped it down.
"That was a Mojito," Raquel told her examining the girl from head to toe.
"I know, I needed it," she answered.
"You've been here for fifteen minutes. Why do you need a drink already? also you're a minor you shouldn't be drinking alcohol," she told her taking away the glass from her hand.
"Sixteen-year-olds are allowed to drink in Germany," Jade told her.
"We're not in Germany," Raquel was about to walk away when she saw Dick walking up to them with a worried look on his face. "What happened?" she asked, he hadn't seen the two of them there, so when he noticed them his face brightened up a little.
"Nothing. She's late," he told them.
"Yeah, the speech is about to start, and the Qurac delegates are already here," said Jade popping her head into the room to look at the four men chatting with Gotham's police commissioner. Dick had just noticed Jade was there, it had taken him a while to recognize her, but when he did he couldn't stop staring.
"You look great," he told her getting her attention. "I mean, that dress is great, not like that's it…I—I'm gonna go check on…Wally," he said before hurrying away from them.
"What just happened?" Raquel asked looking back at Jade who shrugged and grabbed another glass. She chugged it before Raquel could take it away from her.
Dick beat himself up mentally while he walked over to Wally who was serving a table. After he was done, he turned around to see his friend with a drained look on his face. "What happened?" he asked walking with him to the kitchen. After Dick told him, Wally couldn't help but laugh, at his friend who was now sitting in the kitchen along with Conner and M'gann. "God, you're so stupid," he told him while Conner gave him an uplifting pat in the back. While the kept talking, they heard some commotion outside, so Wally and Dick walked out of the kitchen in time to see Bruce Wayne's speech starting with Mayor Hall and Jade standing right next to him.
"Is she really Nightshade?" Jason Todd asked Dick while looking up at the platform, Dick and Wally nodded. "I guess she cleans up nicely," he said. After the speech was over and the crowd clapped, the three of them got down from the platform, Hall walked directly to talk to the big shot business owners while Jade and Bruce went for the buffet where Dick and Jason met with them.
"No sign of Queen Bee?" Bruce asked. The other three shook their heads. "Stay vigilant. She might be planning something. That's a nice dress," he told them and walked away from the table.
"Thanks, it has pockets," she told him loud enough for him to hear even after he had walked away. Zatanna had finally shaken off some guys that were trying to flirt with her and walked up to the three of them, her long gray dress dragging behind her.
"She's still not here," Zatanna told them.
"We know. So, you figure out a plan while I go hide in the bathroom for the rest of the night," she said only to be stopped by Zatanna.
"No way, you're not the only one uncomfortable here. You're staying," she said. "Have you been drinking?" she asked when the smell of alcohol reached her nose.
"No…" Jade told them. Dick pulled her away from Zatanna and leaned in closer to her mouth while Jason looked away.
"How many did you drink?" he asked smelling her breath.
"two…maybe four," she answered. In that moment they heard a loud scream coming from the women's bathroom and what followed was a group of women running out of the bathroom. Sportsmaster had emerged from the bathroom swinging his hammer, which consisted of a large concrete ball attached to a chain.
"Z, Robin. Get the guest out of here," Nightwing told them as he let go of Nightshade and ran over to where Barbara, Wally and Raquel were fighting Sportsmaster. "Artemis, your family is here. Are you sure Queen Bee didn't come in?" he asked over the comm.
"What?!" she asked looking at Kaldur. "We're sure, she didn't come through this door. If she's there, she must have come through somewhere else," she explained.
"We will be right there," Kaldur told Dick. The two of them headed inside the building and after changing into their suits, ran towards the elevator only to find that it wasn't working. "The elevators are not functional," Aqualad told him.
"Yeah, we noticed," he answered, looking out of the room where the guests along with Zatanna and Jason had stopped in front of the elevators. "Rocket! Find a way to get the guests down. Robin, get back in here," he yelled. Dick pulled out his computer to check the security cameras, but they were all static, and they had been for a while now.
Nightshade sneaking out of the room in the middle of the chaos. She managed to get into the kitchen and walk all the way to the storage room. "Where the hell is that thing?" she asked out loud when she didn't find what she was looking for.
"You mean this thing?" Jade heard a woman's voice coming from the darkened corner of the room, so she walked slightly closer to make out who it was.
"I was forgetting you come as a package deal," she said as soon as she spotted Cheshire holding the black bag she had hidden in the kitchen, the bag that just happened to contain her weapons.
"You have a lot of cool toys in here," Cheshire told her as she pulled out a shotgun from the bag. Dick was helping one of the remaining guests up from the ground when the door to the kitchen was burst open and Jade came out tripping over her dress.
"What is she doing?" asked Robin, he started to run over to help, but as soon as he took a step forward, he turned around and hit Nightwing in the back.
"What the hell Jason?" He asked turning around to look at the kid who was ready to fight him. "Are you alright?" He asked when he didn't seem to respond in any way. Nightwing quickly looked around the room trying to fin Queen Bee somewhere among the crowd, but he couldn't find her anywhere. Robin jumped on top of him and pulled him to the ground where he tried to punch him in the face, but Nightwing kept moving his face away from his fists.
While this was going on, Miss Martian, Superboy, Batgirl, Zatanna and Kid Flash had been keeping Sportsmaster busy enough for him to stay away from the rest of the guests while Rocket could get them down. Sportsmaster took a swing at Superboy hitting him with his hammer forcing him to crash against Kid Flash.
"This is not going to work," Zatanna told Miss Martian as she tried to chain down Sportsmaster.
"Do you have a better idea?" Miss Martian asked before she was struck by Sportsmaster's hammer. She got up from the ground and used her powers to send him flying across the room where he hit the glass window creating a small crack before sliding down.
"That's a good start," Batgirl told her following Miss Martian to where Sportsmaster was, but she was stopped by Superboy who grabbed her cape and pulled her back into the wall. "What are you doing?" She asked looking at the blank stare on his face. "No way…" she said once she realized what was going on. Zatanna looked back at Batgirl and Superboy and when she was about to run over to help, she was interrupted by Kid Flash. He grabbed her and ran with her towards the window where he pushed her in an attempt to knock her out. Zatanna got up from the ground and cast a spell that tied Kid Flash to the floor.
"I don't want to hurt you KF," she told him, but he didn't seem to care, he just phased out of the restraints and ran up to Zatanna, but she build a magical wall right before he could reach her, forcing him to crash directly into it. He tried to get up to attack her, but a black leather whip was wrapped around his ankles keeping him on the ground. Zatanna directed her gaze towards the woman that stood right in front of Kid Flash, her leather suit tightly hugging her slender frame contrasting with Batman's large figure the stood out now that he was standing next to her.
Jade caught their attention while she was still dodging Cheshire's shots. Cheshire threw a knife at her and pinned her arm to the wall to keep her in the same place so she could have a clear shot. Jade found herself staring down the gun's barrel, but before Cheshire could fire the gun, it was taken from her hand by a long leather whip.
"Please don't be who I think it is," Jade said turning her head to look over at no one other than Catwoman and Batman standing on the side of the room. "Crap," she said before pulling out the knife from her arm and throwing it back at Cheshire managing to stab her in the thigh.
"I was expecting a thank you," Catwoman told her while giving her a sly smile. Their encounter was interrupted when Superboy, who had managed to knock out Batgirl, attacked Catwoman bringing her down to the ground. The woman pulled out her whip and wrapped it around his neck using it to pull him back and away from her. Once she was up, she released him and pushed her heel on his back to keep him on the ground. Superboy pushed against her heel and easily got back up; he grabbed her arm and pinned her to the wall ready to punch her in the face when he fell to his knees panting. Superboy turned around to see Batman holding open a black box with a tiny piece of kryptonite inside. "Go to sleep, kid," Catwoman told him before kicking him in the face knocking him out.
"You alright?" Batman asked placing the box closer to Superboy.
"A little bit late on that rescue," she answered.
"You seemed to be handling it well on your own," he told her. "I didn't want to interrupt."
"Really not the time or place to be flirting," Jade told them jumping behind one of the tables to use it as shield to block the bullets Cheshire was firing at her. Catwoman kicked the gun she had taken from Cheshire towards Jade allowing the girl to grab it and fire back at Cheshire. One of the bullets hit the woman in the arm, but instead of holding her back, she just switched hands and continued firing. "You have crappy aim" Nightshade told her. Angered, Cheshire threw the gun away and pulled out her Kunai, she charged towards the girl only to have her move away from the blades until she managed to stick one in her shoulder. Cheshire got the other Kunai ready, but Nightwing pulled her out of the way; his cold hand touched her bareback causing a chill to run up her spine.
"What about your powers, remember those?" He asked her. Jade stretched out her hand and fire materialized right in front of Cheshire stopping the woman from getting any closer to them.
"It's not as fun," she answered pushing him away from her only to have Kid Flash push her all the way against the large glass window creating a bigger crack. Meanwhile, Nightwing had been pushed down by Jason keeping him from helping Jade. Batman and Catwoman had their hands full with Cheshire and Batgirl, Zatanna and Miss Martian were trying to knock out Sportsmaster. Zatanna had managed to cast a spell that pinned froze the lower half of Sportsmaster when Miss Martian spotted a familiar face making her way out of the room.
"She's here," the girl muttered as right before flying out of the room. She stopped right in front of a blonde-haired woman with dark skin. The woman looked at her from head to toe before removing the blonde wig. "Queen Bee," Miss Martian said.
"Could you move out of the way, I have some important matters to attend to," she told her, but Miss Martian ignored her and used her powers to push the woman all the way to the other side of the hall. "Why so angry? Is this about that boys' mother? Let me tell you I would gladly do it again," she said. Miss Martian's eyes started glowing green, she lifted one of the marble stands from the corner and was about to flung it at her when Artemis stopped her.
"Miss Martian, no!" she yelled bringing Miss Martian Back to her senses. Queen Bee smiled when she saw the two of them together. "It's not worth it," Artemis said aiming her arrow at the woman she was about to shoot when Superboy crashed through the wall taking Artemis with him. Miss Martian glanced at Queen Bee before going after the two. She was about to leave when she felt a light tap on her shoulder, the woman turned around to receive a punch right across her face.
"This brings back memories," Nightshade told her shaking her hand to ease the pain on her knuckles.
"Nightshade," Queen Bee said rubbing her face with her hand. "I thought you wouldn't be bothering me today," she told her.
"I couldn't let that happen, you came all the way here after all," she answered.
"Not for you, of course," the woman snarled back.
"I know, but still trying to leave without having even said hello just seems rude," Nightshade pulled out her sword, but Queen Bee just took a step back and watched Superboy return with an unconscious Artemis and throw her at Nightshade sending both girls flying across the room and into the window. Nightshade looked back at the large crack that the hits had created. Superboy launched himself at them only to be stopped by Miss Martian. While Miss Martian kept Superboy busy, Nightshade pushed Artemis away from her and was getting up when she felt a sharp pain on her back. She turned around to see Cheshire holding just one of her Kunai. The girl reached back and pulled out the other blade from her back.
"Cheap shot," Nightshade told her just as Cheshire pushed Nightshade once more into the window. "Can't we do this against like a wall or something?" she asked pushing Cheshire back with a fire wall.
"Afraid you'll fall?" Cheshire asked after Nightshade had shifted away from the window.
"Very," she answered starting to feel a little weak from the poison that Cheshire's Kunai had. Cheshire smiled and kicked Nightshade giving her enough room to stab her with the other Kunai doubling the effect of the poison. Nightshade stumbled back, but before she could hit the window, Aqualad caught her.
"Get Artemis and move away from here," he ordered walking towards Cheshire.
"Right, just give me a second," she answered, her legs finally giving in forcing her to the ground. Aqualad pulled out his water-bearers and launched towards Cheshire, but she dodged his attacks and managed to land a kick to his face. Batman and Catwoman noticed the situation and ran over to help him, but Sportsmaster threw his hammer their way to get their attention. Batman looked past him, the man had managed to injure Batgirl and knock out Zatanna.
"Looks like this one also wants to play," said Catwoman pulling out her whip "shall we, Bats?" She asked Batman who took out a couple of his Batarangs and charged towards Sportsmaster. While this was going on, Nightwing and Rocket had knocked out Kid Flash, but Jason had managed to avoid their hits so far. It wasn't until Rocket managed to land a hit that sent him flying all the way past Aqualad and Cheshire's fight and into the glass window finally breaking it.
"Robin!" yelled Batman, he tried to go after him, but Sportsmaster stopped him. Rocket sped past everyone and flew out the window after the kid.
"Looks like this is our cue to leave," Sportsmaster told them before she and Cheshire ran out of the room while the rest were distracted by Jason's fall. When Rocket brought Jason back to the room, she placed him right next to the unconscious Kid Flash and Superboy. Artemis and Zatanna had already regained consciousness, so the group figured it had something to do with Queen Bee's trance.
"She got away," Batman's voice cut through the silence.
"She was wearing a disguise and she came in during the speech through the bathroom door," Nightwing answered showing the security footage along with Batgirl.
"Did she get close to any of the Qurac dipolmats?" he asked.
"Doesn't look like it, but we'll look into it," Batgirl answered. Batman stared at them for a few seconds before leaving with Catwoman.
"Nice meeting you kids. Nightshade, call every once in a while," Catwoman said and left as soon as she saw the weakened Nightshade flip her off. Miss Martian picked up the other three that remained unconscious and Aqualad got to Nightshade before Nightwing could.
Mount Justice- January 26th – 5:24 A.M-
The team walked into the cave as Garfield watched Miss Martian taking Kid Flash, Superboy and Robin to the medical bay.
"What happened?" he asked, but no one was in the mood to answer. Following the team came Aqualad carrying Jade in his arms and then placing her on the couch. "Did Queen Bee do this?" Garfield asked once more.
"Yes," Miss Martian answered once she came back from the medical bay. "And she got away," Miss Martian told him. Garfield turned around to see Batgirl and Nightwing going over the security footage of the building, his eyes then turned to Jade who was laying on the couch with a hand covering her eyes.
"You should not worry about her, the poison might take some time to wear off, but it will not kill her," Aqualad told him noticing the look on Garfield's face. "The others will also wake up soon," he reassured the kid before moving on to where Nightwing and Batgirl were. Still, Garfield couldn't help but wonder if he could have done something to help them out.