Raven was the first to come out of her pod. She felt something odd, and looked down. Her body was coated in a thick gelatin and wires extended from many places in her body. She felt something on the back of her neck and looked up as she heard a whirring.
A machine dropped down and unplugged her without hesitation.
She felt the cords pop off of her arms, legs, back and chest. She took in a deep breath as the pod began to 'flush' her down a tube.
She landed in a deep pool and attempted to use her powers to levitate onto land, wherever that was. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos," she said, but nothing happened.
Raven began sinking, but a large metal claw extended and pulled her up.
"You okay?" asked a tall black woman who looked rather familiar. She noticed Ghost bundling her up in a tall blanket and carrying her off somewhere. She drifted into unconsciousness...
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The next to awaken was Cyborg. The first thing he noticed was that he was not a cyborg anymore. The next thing he noticed were the pods around him. Then he felt the plugs.
Before he could see if they were real, a machine swooped down and pulled out his plugs. He groaned in pain as he slid down the flume and landed.
He was already knocked out when Morpheus pulled him up.
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Next was Beast Boy. He couldn't move when he first popped out and took his first breath. The machine popped out his cords too. The water began flushing him out, but he attempted to change into a snake.
He couldn't use his powers either.
He slid into the pool at the bottom of the flume and was quickly picked up. "Welcome to the Real World, Gar," said Morpheus.
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Robin was the last to ride the slide, as the Zionists called it. Roland brought him up in the revamped Hammer's claw.
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Robin was the first to wake up. Several unfamiliar people were moving small acupunctural needles all over his body. "What are you doing?" he asked. He struggled to get up but couldn't.
He managed to move his head far enough to the side to see a middle-aged man conversing with another man. The older man had holes in him, like Robin's. The latter had none.
Robin fell asleep.
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Beast Boy woke up next. His muscle rebuilding had already been completed. He noticed he wasn't green.
"What is this?" he muttered. He noticed he was wearing dingy, second-hand clothes in place of his normal maroon and black jumpsuit.
He walked out of the heavy metal door. "Hey, yo! Where am I?" he shouted, expecting someone to answer.
"The Real World, Gar," a deep voice answered from behind him. He spun and saw Morpheus standing there, wearing clothes as torn as his.
"What is this place, Morpheus?"
Morpheus motioned for him to follow. They opened a second cabin door, where Victor Stone lay on the cot.
Gar shook him softly. "Cy, wake up."
Morpheus corrected him. "Victor Stone. Look again." He did so and gasped.
The metal adjustments made to Vic's body from the accident had been removed...or never existed. "It was all in his mind," said Morpheus. "There is plenty of time. The Oracle tells us of three more months of peace."
Gar obviously had no idea what he was talking about. "Where are Robin and Rae?"
Morpheus held his hand up. "Hold it. He's waking up."
Vic stood up. "No way," he whispered, inspecting his arms which, besides the holes in them and the needle in one, were normal human arms. "Morpheus, what's happened to us?"