Disclaimer: I don't own YJ, Bedlam, or most of the other stuff in the story. In fact, I don't own much at all! All the characters mentioned belong to DC Comics, so please don't sue!!!
Chapter 1: Robin
10:35 AM
The Redbird was going 20 miles past the speed limit. I was five minutes late for the weekly YJ meeting, not that it was my fault in any way. Dick had kept me up last night doing one of those "brotherly" hanging out things. Riding on top of a train blindfolded through Bludhaven was not exactly what I had in mind when he said "hanging out". It was fun though, in some sort of twisted suicidal sort of way. What was NOT fun, though, was that I had to crawl back into my room at 4:00 AM early Saturday morning, and had to stay up for another two hours due to my roommate Wesley's snoring. So, at 9:55 AM I was up and scrambling to put my suit on, and at 10:35 I was out on the Redbird trying to make up for lost time by going 70 mph in a 50 mph zone. I looked at the clock on my dashboard. 10:40. I sighed. I'll never hear the end of this from Kon. I slammed on the gas pedal and the car took off.
11:00 AM
I finally made it to the resort, which was currently a.k.a. the Young Justice HQ. I walked into the room and closed my eyes, waiting to hear it from Kon. Nothing came. I opened my eyes to find that nobody even noticed my arrival. They were all staring at Kon's empty chair. In shock. My brow creased in concern. I looked at each of my teammates. Bart had a shocked look on his face and was moving at speeds too quickly to see around Kon's chair. Secret was drifting around the room, searching for someone or something. Cassie was crying.
"Hey," I said. "Anyone mind telling me what's going on here? Why are all of you staring at Superboy's chair?" I looked at Cassie. She said nothing. She was too busy crying. I looked at Susie. Also nothing. I looked at Bart- or what used to be Bart. I was now staring into empty space. Oh my god. I just saw Bart disappear into thin air, but I've got to stay calm, even as I'm hearing Cass and Suzie freak out again. I'm the leader. I have to stay calm, in control, and strong for the sake of the rest of the team, although right now I seriously needed to sit down.
2:00 PM
I finally got Cass and Susie to calm down and explain to me what happened. Secret began, since Cassie was still trying to regain composure.
"Well, It all began around 10:45. You weren't there yet, and we were all getting bored. Superboy was getting bored and started complaining about you being late and how he should have been listening, Bart was dashing all around the building before and had finally settled down with the food, Cassie was listening to Kon, and I was just floating around the room waiting.
"By 10:50 we were all getting pretty worried, all except Superboy, who was still complaining. It wasn't like you to be this late. Actually, it wasn't like you to be late at all. Anyways, Superboy was just talking about… something… when he just disappeared, just like Bart did just-"
"SUSIE!!!" Oh no, not her too! What the heck was going on here? I didn't know yet, but I was sure to find out. I grabbed Cassie's arm and yanked her up. She stared at me in surprise.
"C'mon, Cass, we're gonna find the rest of YJ and the person responsible for all of this," I said. We walked out of the resort and to the Redbird. I opened the driver's side door and revved up the engine.
"Follow me," I told her. She grinned for the first time I saw her today and said
"Wait, Robin. We don't know what we're up against, so we should get reinforcements. And I know just who to call."