Chapter 21- In over their heads.
The cloaked Bioship soared across the skies, Tula was piloting the ship she was focused on staying in the air. The mission was a simple recon, get in observe and stay out of sight. A factory in Santa Prisca has been suspected of supplying the light with weaponry. This mission is to either prove or disprove those claims.
"Nice job Aquagirl keep it up, Tempest you know what to do" Nightwing ordered. The teen pressed pressed the circle on his waist. The blue lines on his uniform turned grey and the dark blue outfit became black.
"Alright opening hatch now" Tula said hands gripping the controls, an opening formed in front of the atlantean, the ship descended from the sky and hovered above the ocean, he jumped out diving into the water below. He swam deep into the depth, the atlantean teen hid behind a rock as a piece of technology scanned the area. He quickly swam by it placing a device on the back of it. His purple eyes grew wide seeing the mines in the water leading to the base.
"Aquagirl get us as close as you can, than remain in position Superboy, Artemis and myself will infiltrate the base above ground I'll hack the security when we get in range" Nightwing explained his plan to the team.
*MOUNT JUSTICE*
Robin scanned the computer at mount justice, he was bored. He didn't have many friends to hang out with, His homework was already completed. Batman gave him the night off told him to interact with the team.
"Yea interact with the team who isn't even here" he growled to himself. Karen and Mal were on a date, Barbara was patrolling with Batman, Garfield was in his room studying, Donna was training with her sister and La'gaan was in atlantis. Everyone else either on a mission or had the night off.
"Great one time I actually want to socialize is one of the few times the cave is actually empty" Robin leaned back in his seat annoyed by his situation. His eyes scanned over a restricted file, this caught Jason's interest. He couldn't help but atleast try to get in. The encryption was definitely Nightwing's work but Robin's been practicing. The folder opened revealing, unknown shipments coming from a warehouse near Happy Harbor. He fidgeted with excitement, He glanced at the priority status and saw the League and team weren't really giving the warehouse much attention.
"RECOGNIZE WONDERGIRL B12, LAGOONBOY B19" the cave announced their arrival, Robin turned to his teammates a disturbing smile on his face.
"Guys, Guys,Guys I have a mission for us" Robin smirked.
*Santa Prisca*
Nightwing, Artemis and Superboy walked towards the factory.
"So, how's you and Kid Mouth?" Artemis asked, the trio crept through the jungle, Nightwing glared up at the large factory.
"I need to pay attention before I lose him" Artemis smiled hearing this, she turned seeing the former boy wonder with binoculars to his eyes. A disappointed frown covered her features.
"Superboy grab him before we lose visuals on him oh and take his keycard" Nightwing commanded, the older boy ran towards the man.
"Tempest how's it going?" he pressed the communicator in his ear.
"Well, I just have to be careful and I'll make it" Garth said navigating himself through the mines. Artemis grey eyes narrowed at the boy wonder, he raised an eyebrow confused.
"What?" he asked wondering what he did, she scoffed turning back to the base.
*MOUNT JUSTICE*
"ABSOLUTELY NOT" Donna screamed at him.
"That is suicide chum" Lagoon boy agreed with her. Robin pinched the bridge of his nose frustrated by the reactions.
"Guys, its a simple recon mission, we watch and bring information back the league will be impressed by our initiative" Robin tried to persuade them. The team looked uncomfortable with this plan.
"I don't know Rob, the file was locked for a reason" Garth scratched the back of his head worried about the consequences.
"Nightwing will be happy we did this, this is how the team was formed anyway" Robin remembered a story Nightwing told him of cadmus. How Aqualad, Kid Flash and himself when he was Robin broke protocol and ended up exposing cadmus for what it is.
" Such dishonesty is not befitting an amazonian princess, I swore to my mother that I'd lead by example as a symbol of integrity and strength, this mission is downright ridiculous" she pointed at his chest, he looked up at her, she was about a foot taller than him.
"Look Donna, I just want to prove myself to Nightwing I messed up and got you all in trouble let me make it up to you. Didn't you sister say there's always honor in doing what's right? Well if we do this we are helping everyone" Robin explained his situation, she stared at the boy wonder with wide eyes. She considered the idea for a moment before releasing a defeated sigh.
"Fine" she crossed her arms and looked away. Jason gave himself a mental high five.
*Central City*
Wally was walking down the street, a look of complete and utter concentration on his face. Dick has been distant, like really really distant. He understood though alot has happened in the last year, seems like Kaldur and Bruce are grooming him to take over as leader soon. He quit being Robin and even ran away from the manor for a while. Him and Bruce were arguing for a long time and there's a new kid in the house. Yea, Dick had it rough, which is probably why he let alot slide. Ever since he became Nightwing he became colder and more distant.
Dick was always professional but he had a childlike wonder to him. A person, who always does what's right no matter. The guy Wally fell in love with, but now he is slowly turning into a mini Batman. Artemis said talk to him, kind of hard to do when he's never around. Barbara said he needs a good smack in the right direction.
*Santa Prisca*
"You alright Garth?" Tula asked through the communicator.
"Super" He responded while narrowly avoiding a mime, unknown to him an underwater camera spotted him and the silent alarm went off.
*Meanwhile*
The trio snuck into the base above ground, they split up to find anything faster. Artemis crawled through the air vents, briefly listening to conversations trying to get a clue. Superboy used his infrared vision to see any sources of heat.
"Guys I see something big and hot a few levels down" Conner said through the communicator.
" Tempest is down below, you hear that?" Nightwing asked.
"Yes but we have a problem" Garth informed him, he glared as soldiers surrounded him, they were armed with lasers and harpoons.