Young Justice: Runaway

by Sparrow-Talon

Summary: Jaime Reyes has always had a normal life, that is until an alien race called the Reach kidnapped him when he was heading to the train station to stop his friend, Tye Longshadow, from making the worse mistake of his life. Now he has to find a way to escape with his new friends and fight an alien bug for control. Will he succeed? Or will he become a new agent of the Reach?

4. Chapter 3

Chapter Three-

Jaime groaned and opened his eyes to see Tye.

"T-Tye?" Jaime murmured and tried to sit up but a sharp pain where the Scarab was caused him to gasp and close his eyes.

"You alright?"

"The Scarab hurts" Jaime groaned and finally sat up.

Tye nodded, "the female Martain is somehow keeping it offline"

Jaime nodded and closed his eyes again, "'m g'nna sleep now"

"Alright bro" Tye replied and placed a hand on his tired friends shoulder, "get some sleep"

Jaime gave a small smile and laid his head against his oldest friend. The pain of the Scarab dulling as he fell into deep sleep.

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Jaime awoke again when he felt a hand shaking him awake. He blinked open chocolate brown eyes and was met with unfamiliar, masked eyes. The boy screamed and scrambled backwards, fear coursing through him.

"Whoa! Kid Calm Down!" The man shouted in surprise.

"WHERE AM I?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Jaime backed away even more, tears in his eyes.

"My name is Nightwing, I'm not going to hurt you."

Tears slid down his face as he curled even more into himself and whispered, "but I might hurt you"

Nightwing gave the boy a sad look and placed a hand on his back, over the Reach Scarab. Jaime flinched and stiffened. The Scarab didn't attack the man.

Jaime frowned and looked at his back, the Scarab was still there but it was dormant.

"Wha-?"

"Miss Martian and Zatanna are keeping the Scarab from taking control" the hero explained.

Jaime stared at him and sat up straight.

"Where's Tye?!" the young boy demanded.

"He's in the main room" Nightwing explained, "I'll go get him if you want"

The 16-year-old nodded and gave the older male a pleading look.

"Please?"

The Batman Protégé stood and left the room.

Jaime looked at the ceiling, counting the dots in the tiles, as he waited for his long-time friend to arrive.

After a few minutes, the door opened and Tye raced in.

"Jaime, are you alright?" the 17-year-old demanded.

The boy in question nodded and smiled.

"Yeah, a bit sore where the Scarab is but other than that I'm fine"

Tye looked relieved and pulled his friend into a hug.

"I'm glad you're alright" the older whispered.

"I'm glad you are too" Jaime whispered back.