Chapter 2

In Wonderland

'Well, one thing's for sure...' Kon thought. 'This place has a better security system than our HQ does.' He flew into the meeting room to be met by the alarmed stares of Darkness and... somebody. She looked really familiar though...

Darkness stared. "Kon?!" he asked, disbelieving what he was seeing. It wasn't the Kon he was used to, whose costume more resembled armor, but the leather jacket and spiked hair of The Human Universe's Superboy.

Valkyrie stared too. It was, and it wasn't Superboy. Very strange. After another second, she turned the alarm off, resetting it. Her gaze followed the amazed, mouth-gaping stare from Darkness, and the Superboy's relieved sigh, and how he was watching HER. She straightened slightly, trying to keep her feathers from ruffling in embarrassment.

Darkness gathered his startled wits and smiled. This was certainly unexpected, but nice as well. He followed Kon's gaze to Valkyrie and smiled internally. "Well, this is unexpected, Kon. To what do we owe the honor?" Darkness asked. "Oh, Kon, this is Valkyrie. Valkyrie, Superboy."

Kon recognized her now, she looked just like Cassie, Wonder Girl. But this was a Cassie in tight-fitting red leather pants, and a backless black leather halter-top. She also wore armor on her arms and legs, and a breastplate emblazoned with a gold 'V'. Her hair was longer than Cassie's was, coming down to a few inches above her waist. Her wings were white, huge and soft-looking. 'Dang...' Kon thought. 'If this is what Cass'll look like with her hair long... Whooo...'

Valkyrie shrugged. She figured she reminded him of her counterpart in his universe, so she wasn't going to wonder why he was looking her over like he was. She waved and smiled. "Hi. You can call me Val."

Kon smiled back. "Hi. Call me Kon." Then, he turned to Darkness. "Uh, Sorry to burst you bubble if you're thinking I'm just here for a visit..."

Darkness sighed. "I figured as much." He turned to Valkyrie. Before he even got a chance to say anything, she nodded. "I'll go let the others know it was just a false alarm, Dar. Nice meeting you Kon." She smiled and walked out of the room. "So, what's wrong?" he asked.

Kon sighed and sat down. "By any chance, did this universe just fight a horrible, life-changing war?" Darkness nodded. "Damn. I was hoping this place escaped it. Well, after we got back home... the team changed. A lot. Bart, Impulse, quit being a superhero altogether, and Robin left the team." Kon paused. Darkness stared. Robin... left? "Why did he--" Kon cut him off. "Because half of us, myself included didn't trust him like we should have. We thought he was just another Batman." Darkness felt his own heart fall at that. That would have hurt like hell, alright. Especially when your best friend expected you to turn on him at any moment. "That would do it." Darkness said softly. "Yeah. He left before I could apologize, and now... now no-one can find him."

"What?" Darkness asked, startled. "No-one can find him. Not even Batman or the others. It's like he's dropped off the face of the planet. That's what we need your help with, if you can spare the time, to help find Rob. I mean, you ARE him, so you might be the best person to find him..."

Darkness sighed. No choice really. "I'll come. Just let me let the others and Batman know."

--end Chapter 2--

Author's notes: Ha-ha! Finished this chapter in record time!

Darkness: Hmph.

Anyway, here's the next heaping helping of ficcish goodness. Yargh. I'm in the thanksgiving spirit. And I feel a Christmas fic creeping up on me. Heh. Heh, heh, heh…..

Disclaimer: DC owns the Human universe Kon, and Robin. I own everything else. Steal and I send MY YJ team after you.