Superman pointed out the smoke that was rising high in the air. Because of the atmosphere the sun never rose in Aldria it always remained ether in a light sort of darkness or pitch-black darkness. Luckily for John and Clark, it was as light as it would get and they would able to see the smoke faintly. They flew down to the scene and swept the area. Three bodies lay dead in a heap in front of a group of trees. Cut ropes and little flickers of blood could be found on some of the branches. Fresh tracks could also be found and judging by the stride and width it looked like someone was running away.
" Lantern." John turned around as Superman held up the glove.
" Damn it."
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" Damn it." The woman groaned as she dragged the unconscious body of the Flash to a small cave hidden by a growth of vines. As gently as could she hoisted him up onto a flat pile of rocks, covering him with blanket and putting something like a pillow under his head.
" Easy Wally, just hang on until John can find you, okay?" She pulled back his mask and used a damp washcloth to clean out his cuts. She watched his breathing sadly and cursed herself for being too slow. She had managed to kill two of the guards but not before the third got his shot off. The laser ripped into Wally's chest and for a moment, she thought he was dead.
'And if John doesn't find him soon, he will be.' Wally's bare arm was covered with scratches and bruises. It also looked like his ankle was sprained, not too badly; he could probably still run, just not for a long time. She was shocked when she saw him fall, she had flown as fast as possible to catch him but he was too far away. Talksh guards found him before she could, so she settled to follow them until the time was right. Wally began to stir and she moved back and grabbed some herbs by the mouth of the cave,
" Who…" She sprinkled the herbs over his face, sending him back into a state of unconsciousness,
" Myusa. My name is Myusa."
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" Lantern?" Diana's voice came through over the Comm. Link, " Any luck?"
" No, we found his communicator, so tracking him through that is out."
" J'onn tried reaching to Wally's mind, but there's no trace of it." John stopped the joke before he let it go,
" We did find some sort of camp, one of Flash's gloves and some dead bodies."
" Did he—"
" No, it looks like they were hit with some sort of blunt instrument and after the fall he took, I doubt Wally would be up to lifting anything heavy for a while. How did it go with Clerig?"
" It was alright, we'll be basically a defensive team until support comes, oh… Batman wants you guys to check in every three hours."
" Gotcha."
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Myusa paced around her cave and looked outside. Another storm was coming, she could tell and that would hinder the search party. Her main concern now was for Flash, she didn't know what kind of internal damage he had from the fall and those idiots dragging him hadn't helped one bit. In the distance she could see the light of Lantern…John. Furiously she shook her head,
" They have to get here now!" She picked up her weapon and let it activated, her plan was risking but if John didn't get there soon, Flash would die ether way. Gingerly she moved Flash to the mouth of the cave,
" You're going to be okay." She whispered, not knowing if he heard her or not. She walked down the slope and went to a dead tree that had fallen across the dirt path. With a loud yell, she brought her weapon down, the sparks it created, starting a fire. Quickly the tree was engulfed as the flames began spreading to other trees. Without hesitation, she ran back up to Wally and placed a large red blinking light next to him, after securing it to his arm, she flew off. She didn't look back.
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" Superman, look!"
" It's a fire." They both increased their speeds and dropped to the ground, the flames not reaching them due to G.L's shield.
" Who—" Superman held up a hand to silence his comrade, he narrowed his eyes and focused his hearing,
" There!" Through the smoke a figure could be seen and it didn't take a genius to know who owned a yellow and red spandex suit.
" Wally!" Without any thought, John expanded the org to include Flash and Superman moved closer to him,
" He's breathed in too much smoke, we need to get one of the med kits from the Javelin."
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Batman was standing in the rain in front of the castle; he motioned for Lantern and Superman to follow him through the hallways.
" Here." There was a large bed in the room Batman stopped in front of. It was covered with furs and had a few too many pillows.
" Put him there." Batman was already rummaging through his kit and took out a small stethoscope; he listened to Flash's breathing,
" It sounds like he did inhale some smoke, but surprisingly…nothing's broken. The burn on his chest worries me, but it's been cleaned." He pulled back Wally's mask and looked at the cuts,
" These have also been cleaned." He checked the rest of Flash's limbs,
" He's cut up pretty bad and his ankle is sprained. He may have a concussion, a bad one. Do you know if he regained consciousness at all?"
" No, we just found him. We don't know what happened between that time." Batman raised an eyebrow at the blinking light still attached to Wally's bare arm. With a simple twist he pulled the light off and handed it to J'onn,
" Aldrians don't have that kind of technology." The Martian said slowly, turning the object in his hands,
" It's not from Aldria, it's from Earth." Superman informed the others,
" It looks like something Luthor would have. It's emitting a beeping noise, it's low enough so only I can hear it." He grabbed the device in his hands and squeezed it until it cracked.
" That's better." He grinned in relief at the ending of the noise and the fact that Flash should be all right…would be alright.
Diana got up to open the door when a knock reached her ears,
" Piltya." She snarled at the smirking warrior,
" I heard that you found your friend." His smirked drooped as Flash came into his line of view,
' Those idiots were suppose to kill him and draw out Myusa. If you want things done right—'
" I asked you, ' What do you want?'"
" Oh! Clerig would like to know if you require one of his personal healers. That offer is very generous, it is suggested that you agree."
" Batman and J'onn have it covered." Piltya looked slightly off-put, but he did not back down,
" Clerig also wishes to discuss a issue with you four," He pointed to the others, leaving Batman and Flash out of his order,
" Immediately."
" It can not wait?"
" No," Batman nodded and the others began moving out of the room, Piltya however, stayed.
" Shouldn't you go with them?" Batman muttered, his dislike for the man growing with each passing second.
" Shouldn't you?" Batman turned at this strange response, in time for him to see Piltya charge him with his sword drawn.
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" My lord Clerig, the Justice League wishes to have an audience with you." Puzzled the four Leaguers entered the room,
" How may I assist you my friends? If you are bored with the lack of combat, I could—"
" You didn't send for us?"
" What? No, who would have told you that?"
" Piltya."
" Piltya? I have not seen him since dinner last night." He gazed up at them with a concerned expression,
" Shouldn't you be caring for your friend? Do you need a heal—" He barely finished his sentence before the four ran out of his room. Each of them flying to avoid servants they reached the closed door of the chamber they had left Flash and Batman in. Without breaking the door, Superman pushed it open, adding his gasp with the others. Batman and Flash were nowhere to be seen. They room was empty.
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A/N: GOOD LORD! WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE IS BATMAN AND FLASH, SURELY HE COULD NOT HAVE LEFT THE ROOM IN HIS INJURED STATE. AND THE LOYAL SECOND IN COMMAND, PILTYA? HAS HE DECIEVED US ALL? FIND OUT NEXT TIME!
P/S: SCHOOL SUCKS…WELL FOURTH PERIOD IS FUN…AND I LIKE HISTORY…OK SCHOOL'S NO THAT BAD. I JUST DON'T LIKE HAVING TO WAKE UP AT 5 AM EVERY MORNING!