The Super-Cycle sped through the night's dark cloudy air. Turning on the Super-Cycle's headlights may have been too risky. Fortunately, the Cycle's tracking system led Rob toward the DEO even though seeing was next to impossible. The weatherman had not predicted this thick fog. Not even a trace of it. There probably should have been a lot of accidents going on, with no one able to see the other cars on the road. But the streets seemed oddly quiet. No honking, yelling, screeching of tires. Nothing, just an eerie silence that sent a chill down Robin's spine. It was too quite. In this mist, there should be all sorts of chaos. But there was no time to check it out. Not now. He knew that there was something wrong at the DEO.


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WonderGirl wiped her hands clean of concrete bits that had flown from the hole she'd just created in the wall. The panicking was getting worse. They hardly even noticed the loud KABOOM of the wall tumbling to the ground. Cassie couldn't help but wonder about her friends. Did Red Tornado and Secret find a cure? Was Superboy okay? What about Robin and Impulse? These thoughts occupied her mind for only a moment when the sound of loud, heavy footsteps headed rapidly toward her interrupted them.


She whipped around to see a huge wooly mammoth-like creature headed frantically toward the newly formed exit. WonderGirl quickly took action and began to direct the "subjects" out safely. Three guards barreled straight for WonderGirl as she busily directed the escapees toward freedom. Unfortunately, for WonderGirl, she was too busy trying to help the panicked subjects to realize what was happening. She finally turned around to see the three D.E.O agents only a few feet away. She braced herself for the attack but in just a blink the guards were stopped in their tracks. Cassie soon realized they had been frozen. "Thought you might need a hand" Arrowette smugly yelled to her friend from across the room.


"Whew." Cissie sighed in relief as she watched her teammate rush a few lizardish creatures toward the exit. Their forked tongues slid in and out as they hissed a "thank you". Arrowette looked around to see that there were still hundreds of guards capturing innocent subjects. Their screams could be heard as they were dragged kicking off to some unknown location. Arrowette headed toward them but she felt it was almost useless to do so. Even as she prepared one of her trick arrows on her smooth four-curved bow, she could hear elsewhere a creature screaming for help. It seemed a hopeless battle.


Suddenly, the room quieted down. Cassie looked to see most of the animal-like subjects had hidden under the platforms that circled above them where more battles engaged. The subjects were strangely quiet and calm. Almost peaceful. Cassie began to get worried. She saw the guards exchange baffled glances, not even they had a clue of what was going on. Unsure of what had happened, Arrowette moved closer to the hiding subjects carefully. Screams and yells still echoed off the walls from other subjects in the background. Arrowette crept closer but the subjects were still calm.


"I have a bad feeling about this." WonderGirl muttered as she directed a few meta-humans to safety. She watched Cissie gently approach the animalish creatures against the wall. As Cissie came closer she noticed that most of the creatures were silent although she heard a few low growls. Suddenly, the room grew silent. A few yells were still heard in the background but were quickly silenced by a low rumbling.


Inches from Arrowette's face, Red Tornado exploded through the wall. She fell backwards as Lutwidge soon was tossed through the small hole in the wall crashing into Cassie.


"AHH!" WonderGirl cried in surprise as Lutwidge slammed into her. In the force of the hit Lutwidge had dropped Marina. "What in Hera's name?!" She cried shoving Lutwidge off her. The guards rushed over to help him up.


"I'm fine you morons! Get him!" He said pointing toward the large hole in the wall with water spilling to the linoleum floor. The guards heads whipped to see no one there. A few got close to investigate when a large gun appeared out of the hole held by a red gloved hand. Cissie gasps as she saw Superboy appear a top the rubble holding an unconscious Marina in one arm, a very large weapon with the words "Warfare Research" imprinted on the side, and a sinister smile on his face.