Chapter 53: Back To Me
The team and the mystics all landed at the old facility. It was true, the entire underground facility had been abandoned.
''I don't even want to know what used to be down here,'' Melinda said, as they walked around the white walls.
''I wish we didn't even see it the first time,'' Gar says, shivering.
''Phantom had only managed to escape because of his ghostly wail and collars that were specific to their rooms,'' Kaldur explained. ''Phantom had managed to use enough of his power to overcome his collar's effects and fire his wail to knock down the wall separating them. And since Siren's cell was for him and not his brother, Phantom's collar deactivated. Siren told him to use his intangibility and leave to get help.''
''And help, he found,'' Ma'gann said.
''Alya, Alain, try to pick up their scents from what's left of here,'' Dick ordered. ''Melinda, Juliet, I don't care if you break the laws of magic, just find them.''
''Nightwing, we'll find them,'' Alya comforted. ''I promise.''
She touched her pendant, the spirit of a bloodhound appeared at her feet.
''Never used a bloodhound before, hope it works,'' she says, sniffing around. ''Mention this to anyone else and I will maul you.''
The others all nodded instantly, afraid of the animal witch. With Alain he had gone part wolf. He was a little more furry than normal, yet not a full wolf. His wolfish nose was showing as he sniffed out the twins.
''I have a really bad feeling about this place,'' Ethan said, taking a sniff and then shivering. ''Garlic, gross.''
''Looks like they were expecting vampires,'' Sarah says, coming out of another empty room.
''At least it isn't pumpkin,'' Erica sneered. ''I hate pumpkin.''
''Why hate on pumpkin,'' Gar asked her.
''It's an old vampire thing,'' Erica explained. ''Vampires hate pumpkin, even more than garlic. It's the real reason why jack-o-lanterns were created in the first place.''
''It was one of the most devastating things when I first got bitten,'' Sarah said. ''Because I loved eating pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Nowadays, I just drain a turkey.''
Those closest to her took a step away. But then, there was a horrible scream that echoed through the halls of the abandoned facility.
''That was Valerie,'' Ma'gann gasped.
*****Let's Check In On The Twins*****
''I WILL MAKE YOUR HEAD EXPLODE WITH A SINGLE SCREAM IF YOU HURT HIM,'' White yelled, banging on the walls of his cell.
''YOU CAN'T HOLD US FOR LONG, YOU PSYCHOTIC CONSPIRACY THEORISTS,'' Danny shouted to the unseen scientists.
The two were beyond furious. The Guys In White tried to take them down so they could do their experiments, aka torture, but the twins took stubbornness to a whole new level. They'd take out every agent that tried to knock them out. Even with rooms and collars that stopped their powers, almost a year with a team of superheroes does wonders for your physical strength. And boy were they putting their training to good use.
''Shut up, you scum,'' Maddie yelled over the speakers.
''THE ONLY SCUM HERE IS YOU,'' both twins shouted.
They may have been separated and couldn't see, or hear, one another, but nothing falters their twin connection.
''Have you figured out their main weaknesses,'' Agent N asked the two former parents.
''For that siren freak, we can blast it with sound waves that match the frequency of black pearl or ectoranium,'' Jack explained. ''Use its own element against it. For the ghost scum, a good old fashioned circle of blood blossoms. The closer they get, the more it'll fade.''
''HURT MY BROTHER AND IT WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU WILL EVER DO,'' the twins both shouted.
''For the last time, stop pretending that you can feel pain,'' Maddie yelled over the speakers.
''I FELT EVERYTHING YOU DID TO ME,'' White screamed. ''YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS. WE ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE.''
''They'll be glad to get rid of two monsters, like you,'' Jack said over the speakers.
''Even if that was true, which it isn't, the Ghost Zone and the Mystic Isles are after you,'' Danny smirked. ''You broke our laws. You attacked their rulers and exploited the death of a ghost of the zone. You're not to bright, are you?''
''ENOUGH,'' Maddie screamed. ''Start the testing. I've heard enough out of these two freaks.''
A button was pressed and both twins were shocked by a thousand volts of electricity. They were both knocked out.
*****Back To The Team*****
''Valerie,'' Ma'gann called.
When they reached the former ghost hunter, she was openly sobbing and her helmet was off. They went over to see what was going on. She was standing in front of an open door. They looked inside.
''Dear gods,'' Lena swore.
The room was a wreck. There was a broken down wall and the rubble still there. But the most terrifying part was the slashes of blood across multiple points of the cell. There were two spots of green and red blood, but more for gold and red blood.
''This was where they held them,'' Valerie sobbed.
The sight of the cell broke their hearts.
''They're dead,'' Dick growled. ''Every single agent I see is dead.''
He stormed away from the cell. Melinda, Juliet, Alain, and Alya went into the cell.
''As horrifying as this is, it will help us find the twins,'' Melinda says.
''I don't like this, I don't like this at all,'' Alya said.
''We don't like this any more than you do, Alya,'' Alain told her.
''God Hermes, Goddess Artemis, I pray to thee,'' Juliet chanted. ''God of travelers, goddess of the hunt, I beseech thee.''
Golden black smoke floated from her hands. It floated around the spots of blood from both twins. Melinda then took her turn.
''Darkara Dorokey Aghosto,'' she cast.
Juliet's smoke collected, with a blue glow. It formed a magic symbol, of crossing lines, in the air. A dot appeared at one corner of it. The witches looked at each other, determination in their eyes.
''Nightwing,'' they called.
Said teen hero quickly appearing in the doorway. Beetle, Roy, and the rest of the team were not far behind.
''What,'' he asked.
''We have a location,'' Melinda told him.
