Here we go, and, this chapter will contain a song, so, hopefully, none of you mind, I was just trying to make this chapter as romantic as possible, and I know for sure that love songs are romantic to some people.

The song is called Aftershock By Demi Lovato

Location: Bludhaven Abandoned Warehouse Rooftop

Time: 2100 EST

Date: August 11, 2021

Mason had rushed onto the desolate rooftop of the abandoned warehouse, they had first met when Nightwing had requested assistance, apparently the crooks he had been tracking had gotten their hands on tech from Apokolips, he had known he wouldn't be able to take them all on by himself, even he knew that would be suicide so, he made a call to everybody, only Bart and Kaldur had been able to respond, Kal said he couldn't make it so he sent Mason.

Flashback

The meeting place had been an abandoned warehouse, the warehouse number had been in Dock three Warehouse twenty-three. "Who are you?" Impulse asked as he rounded the corner of the rooftop, when he noticed Tempest standing there leaning against the wall, pushing off of it when he noticed Impulse round the corner. "I'm assuming you're the person who sent the request for backup?" Tempest questioned as he took a small step towards Impulse. "No, that would be me." Nightwing said seemingly appearing out of nowhere. "AAH" Mason screamed, jumping into the air as he turned around. "How-when-where did you come from!?" He yelled as he motioned into the thin air.

"It's part of Nightwing's charm to appear out of nowhere." Impulse said as he took a few steps forwards. "But, you didn't answer my question, who are you and why are you wearing the Tempest suit?" Impulse asked again, pointing a questioning finger at Tempest.

"Because, I am Tempest." Tempest smirked, he pulled his water bearers out, preparing them for the fight ahead. "Lets do this." He said as he turned towards the warehouse.

"Bart, you there?" Mason asked turning around the corner, eyes widening in surprise at the sight he saw before him, there, the exact spot they met, was occupied by lit candles, and a wide array of foods to choose from, and standing in the middle of all of it, was a blushing Bart Allen, looking away shyly. "Surprise." He said in a hesitant tone, he wasn't screaming it, yet he also wasn't bending it into a question.

"I've had this planned for a while, like, for the past few months, just never found the right time to ask you to meet me." Bart said, a bit more confidence clear in his tone. 'I hope you like it." He said as he reached out offering his hand, Mason, who was hiding his blush poorly, hesitantly took it. "So, I hope you like everything here, I made some of it myself." Bart said, pointing to the food directly behind him. "Everything else is by Amanda." He said, rubbing the back of his neck, Mason let out a small chuckle and curled into his chest. "I thought that, but its impressive that you managed to make Chicken Piccata." Mason said as he took a serving of the a fore mentioned food. "Thanks, I looked up various recipes, and I wrote all the steps down in case my memory warps the already existing steps with ones from my time." Bart said as he took a few high protein cookies. "But, I called you here for a reason." He said as he pulled out his phone and got it ready. "I wanted to do this for you for a while." He said as he stood up, taking Mason's hand in his. "I want you to know, that I...I like you, more than a best friend should." He said as the grip he had in Mason's hand tightened. "And I wanted you to know that, I wanted to tell you for so long, and the night you nearly died, it scared me to death, I didn't know what to do, after you survived I had been sitting by your side every night, begging you to wake up, to be able to finally tell you how much you mean to me." Bart paused to look Mason in his eyes. "I-I love you Mason." He said.

Mason stared deeply into Bart's eyes, and realized that this wasn't a dream, it was really happening. "I love you too, Bart." He finally answered.

It was half an hour later before either of them spoke another word, that entire time, they had been eating and staring into each other's eyes. "I um, I have something else I wanted to do for you." Bart stated suddenly, this caused Mason to cock his head slightly to the side, curiosity taking over. "What do you mean?" He asked as he saw Bart turn on the music in his phone, pulling Mason over and sitting him on a chair he had set up.

"Beats so heavy make my head get hazy, big boots make the ground shake crazy

body so hot feel like they taze me, kill the lights watch the crowd get shady

girls getting tricky move round like elastic, boys turned on you can see all the static

charge it up make it automatic, stop the press hear the kick go manic" Mason watches in awe as Bart preforms the twist and turns that he has no doubt he had to practice hundreds of times just to be able to get perfect, then Bart suddenly points towards Mason.

"I feel you move closer to me, all the signals peaking" He sings as he slowly and seductively walks closer to Mason, causing a small blush to rush to his cheeks.

"Crank up my electricity, till I overload!" Bart sings and uses his superspeed to represent the cranking, causing electricity to run up the length of his arm.

"Love struck! My heart is overheating and it won't stop! I try to slow the beating but you're so hot!" This verse causes Mason's face to go as red as the base of his hair.

"The tremors keep repeating and I tell myself keep breathing but I'm caught in your aftershock

Hit me like an earthquake, feel my heaven and earth shake, love struck!

The tremors keep repeating and I tell myself keep breathing but I'm caught in your aftershock." Mason tries to slow his heart rate as Bart pulls him up and starts walking slowly around him, trailing his finger along Mason's chest and back.

"Bass so thick you can see the sound wave, bubbly spillin like its your birthday

anthems blasting out make the ground away put your hands up and shout 'pon de replay'

I feel you move closer to me, all the signals peaking" At this point Bart had walked a few steps back, and started slowly walking forwards again.

"Crank up my electricity, till I overload!" Mason grabbed his hand and spun him around while Bart used his speed to cause electricity to flow between them, Mason now joined in on the singing as he danced around the rooftop with him.

"Love struck! My heart is overheating, and it won't stop! I try to slow the beating, but you're so hot!

The tremors keep repeating and I tell myself keep breathing but I'm caught in your aftershock

hit me like an earthquake, feel my heaven and earth shake. Love struck!

The tremors keep repeating and I tell myself keep breathing but I'm caught in your aftershock

Hey-ay-ay-e-yae, in your aftershock (in the aftershock), hey-ay-ay-ay-e-yae

your lips conduct electric flow, your kiss vibrates me head to toe." Bart stops singing to plant a small kiss on Mason's lips, the feeling of an electric current surging between them.

"Your touch is glowing in the dark, those neon eyes send me ablaze. ooh-ooh-ooh-woah-woah!" Mason sang as he stared deeply into Barts eyes, feeling all the doubts in the world fade away, feeling the small light within finally getting the boost it needs to keep shining through the darkness.

"Love struck! My heart is overheating, and it won't stop! I try to slow the beating but you're so hot!

The tremors keep repeating and I tell myself keep breathing but I'm caught in your aftershock.

Hit me like an earthquake, feel my heaven and earth shake. Lovestruck!

The tremors keep repeating and I tell myself keep breathing but I'm caught in your aftershock

Yeah, Woah ooh Woah

In the aftershock."

When the song ended, they both pressed their foreheads together and stared into each others eyes. "Promise me you'll never let anything like what happened last month happen again." Bart said in a serious tone, Mason, who was slightly taller than Bart, had a sympathetic glint appear in his eyes. "I can't promise that, from here on out our missions will only get more dangerous, I'll try my best to avoid situations like that, but I can't promise I always will." He said, burying his head in Bart's hair, and Bart burying his in Mason's neck.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here, a romantic dinner." A mysterious voice rang out from the the shadowed portion of the rooftop, Bart and Mason paused and turned to look for the source of the voice. "Who are you?" Mason yelled out, the person decided to step out of the darkness, a small smirk on his lips. "I see you know Bart, well, sorry, but Brainiac sent me to bring him back." The masked man said as he raised his metallic arm, turning it into a gun and pointing it towards them. "Arsenal?!" Bart screamed as his eyes widened, Mason looked over at Bart in shock, now that he got a clear look at the face. "I thought you were a hero!" Mason yelled as he protectively stood in front of Bart. "I was, that was until Brainiac showed me the power serving him can bring." Arsenal said as he readied his gun to fire. "Now, get out of my way or I'll pop a bullet into you." He growled as he aimed the gun right at Mason's head, at this point Bart was clenching his fist so tight his knuckles were turning white.

"You won't hurt him." Mason stated as he raised his hand up, his tattoos starting to glow. "Bart, get out of here, go get everybody else, I can hold him off...plus I don't want to get you hurt." He said as his eyes began to start glowing as well. Bart nodded, knowing what Mason was about to do. "Be safe." He ordered before he ran off for a Zeta Tube.

"Looks like it's just us two now." Mason said as he turned back, his hair now raising upwards. "Creu swigen mawr o ddwr i gynnwys Arsenal." He chanted, as a large bubble started to form around Roy, he simply jumped out and took a shot, Mason saw this and raised his other hand towards the speeding bullet. "Diogelu fi o'r bwled hwnnw." He quickly chanted as a extremely thick wall of water formed in front of him, faintly sensing the second person running up behind him. "Stopiwch yr ail ymosodwr rhag cyrraedd." He said as he lowered the wall and aimed at the second target, eyes widening when he came upon the futuristic looking Robin suit.

He had been completely unaware of the third attacker on the rooftop across from them. "mae fflam hynafol yn gorgyffwrdd a'u hamser ac yn eu hanafaelu" She chanted before jumping across, hitting him across the jaw with her flame ignited hands, Mason went flying across the rooftop hitting the concrete corner that he had entered not even an hour ago. "Now Brainiac will have another person to add to his army." Tula stated as she pulled down her hood, Tim doing the same.

"Mason, how are you doing, we're almost there, ETA 15 minutes!" M'gann screamed into the link. "I can get there in 5!" Kara screamed as she broke the sound barrier.

"We have to hurry and move him, his friends are on their w-" Tim said getting interrupted from a punch to the lower jaw. "Whoever you are, this is my city and I will protect this civilian." Nightwing said as he pulled back his fist. 'That voice...' Tim thought as his eyes widened, the white dots slowly starting to fade. "You will obey me, I am your master and overlord!" Brainiac screamed and the white dots reappeared as quick as they faded. "Brainiac will have his way, and Earth will fall." Tim said as he looked up after pulling his hood up. "There is a mole within your precious old team, I won't say who, but I will say this, they have been taken by Brainiac, he just hasn't activated control yet." Tim said as he, Roy and, Tula ran from the rooftop, and back into the cloaked ship above them.

Mason looked up eyes widened, Brainiac had kidnapped him during their first mission, for all he knew he could be the mole. "Nightwing, mind helping me up?" He asked as he held out his hand, Dick took it after he shook himself out of thought. "I need you to do something for me, I need you to gather everybody up and meet me at the mountain." He said as he jumped off the building.

"Mas, you okay?" Bart asked as he approached them, Mason nodded, hiding the fact that he was deep in thought. "My friend, I thought you were a goner, and I noticed that you had used the full extent of your powers." Kaldur pointed out as he looked around the roof. "We need to gather everybody and meet at the mountain." Mason said as he activated the emergency signal telling everybody to meet at the mountain.

Recognized:

Aqualad B-02

Kid Flash B-03

Miss Martian B-05

Artemis B-07

Beast Boy B-19

Impulse B-23

Robin B-27

Supergirl B-28

Arrowette B-29

Powerfist B-30

Traci-13 B-31

Tigress B-32

Tempest B-33

Raven B-34

Starfire B-35

"Thanks for coming everybody, I know this is a last minute meeting, but I need you all here, until further notice The Cave is on lockdown, nobody allowed in or out...I recently came into information that there is a mole in the team, and the mole is under the control of Brainiac, they just don't know it, so until we figure out who it is and deal with them this place is on lockdown." Dick said as he input the lockdown codes.

"How did you come into this information Nightwing?" Damian asked, he was there without his sunglasses, because what was the point his secret identity was already revealed.

"I got it from Tim, or more like a mind controlled Tim, and you can guess who the one controlling him is." Dick said as he pulled up the Brainiac file he had been putting together. "This is everything I know, the main defining factor of somebody under his control is that they all have a white dot in both of their pupils." He said as he turned back to the team. "I will check you all in thirty minutes, whoever has a white dot will be locked up until M'gann can un-link their mind from Brainiacs." He said dismissing them, Mason and Bart heading to Bart's room.

"H-Hey Bart, I need you to promise me something." Mason said, Bart turned around suddenly, a slight look of fear on his features. "W-What?" He asked hesitantly, Mason looked up and stared into his eyes. "If I turn out to be the mole, I want you to kill me." He said, Bart's look of fear only worsened. "W-What, I can't!" He screamed and took a hold of Mason's hand. "Bart, ever since our mission I haven't felt right, I've been feeling like there's somebody else in my mind, I'm scared that I might end up being the mole, but if I do end up being it, I want you to vibrate your hand right though my heart." At this point Bart had begun to break down into tears. "I promise." He said as Mason pulled him into what could be their last hug.

"Friend Nightwing, why do you even think there is a the mole in this team?" Starfire asked as she floated along the hallway with her three friends. "Because Star, even if it may not be Tim in control, I could tell he was fighting him, if Brainiac had been controlling him at that time, then why would he tell me about it, as much as I want it to be Brainiac who told me that, I can't, not when there's even the slightest chance that he's in there fighting to regain control." Dick explained to Starfire, turning to Raven when she began speaking. "Maybe to distract you while he starts the next step of his plan." Raven pointed out. "Dude, maybe Rae is right, maybe there isn't really a mole, maybe Brainiac was in control and it was just to throw you off his trail." Beast Boy said as he came to a stop.

"Wait, you hear that?" He asked as he pressed his ear to the door in front of them. "-the mole-" BB's eyes widened as he pulled away from the door. "What is it friend Beast Boy?" Starfire asked as he turned towards them. "Mason's the mole." He stated hesitantly as he pressed his ear back to the door. "-right through my heart." BB once again pulled away from the door. "Somebody is going to kill him by sticking something right through his heart, somebody on the team has found out and is going to try to kill him." He said as he turned into a cheetah and ran away.

"Arty, you don't really think there's another mole do you?" Wally asked, he brought Artemis along because he knew that there was a chance that she might have been needed. "I don't know Wally...I just don't know." She said as she stared down at the floor.

"M'gann, do you think somebody could be a mole and not know it?" Cissie asked as she passed M'gann the flour, they both tended to bake when they were nervous or stressed. "It happened before with Red Arrow, he was a clone that was programmed to infiltrate the Justice League and attach chips that would allow them to be controlled by Klarion and Vandal Savage,, we managed to erase the phrase that activated his programming, but he knew, and until he found Arsenal he didn't stop looking, so it's possible." M'gann said as she placed the cookie tray into the oven.

"Everybody...Its meeting time." Dick said through the intercoms of the cave. "Anybody who doesn't show up will instantly become the prime suspect." he finished as everybody entered the room.

"Let's get started." He said as he walked towards Damian.

After finishing the check-up, Dick had found no sign that any of them were under Brainiac's control, he lifted the lockdown unaware of the shadowed figure standing there in the darkness.

I used Welsh for Atlantean

Atlantean spells:

Creu swigen mawr o ddwr i gynnwys Arsenal-Create a large bubble of water to contain Arsenal

Diogelu fi o'r bwled hwnnw-Protect me from that bullet

Stopiwch yr ail ymosodwr rhag cyrraedd-stop the second attacker from reaching me

Mae fflam hynafol yn gorgyffwrdd a'u hamser ac yn eu hanafaelu-Ancient flame overpower their spells and ensnare them

And there's the end of the chapter, and I will put up a poll, so after you're done reading this, if you could be so kind as to go to my profile and vote on it, and the reason the song was so upbeat was because Bart was using music based off of what Mason likes, which is upbeat.

A/N: I won't be able to update to often for the next month, sorry for the inconvenience, but I will be able to use my spare time in that month to update at least one story, I haven't chosen which one yet, that's where I'm gonna need your help.